Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes & Sayings

“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.”

“You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.”

“You dear women, I say thanks to you. Thank you for being the kind of people you are and doing the things you do.”

“To you wives who are constantly complaining and see only the dark side of life, and feel that you are unloved and unwanted, look into your own hearts and minds. If there is something wrong, turn about. Put a smile on your faces. Make yourselves more attractive. Brighten your outlook.”

“Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.”

“Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.”

“Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.”

“Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.”

“I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.”

“People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.”