Gordon B. Hinckley Quotations | Page 2

You have to establish in your life some sense of prioritizing things, of giving emphasis to the important things and of laying aside the unimportant things that will lead to nothing.

The gospel is not a philosophy of repression, as so many regard it. It is a plan of freedom that gives discipline to appetite and direction to behavior.

Some of our finest work comes through service to others.

Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in the scriptures. Rather, I prefer to dwell with the source, tasting of the unadulterated waters of the fountain of truth - the word of God as he gave it and as it has been recorded in the books we accept as scripture.

Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.

If you are a good missionary, you will return home with the desire to continue to serve the Lord, to keep His commandments, and to do His will.

Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends.

How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.