Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work. – Gordon B. Hinckley
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. – Gordon B. Hinckley
I cannot understand why any young man – or young woman, for that matter – would wish to undergo the painful process of disfiguring the skin with various multicolored representations of people, animals, and various symbols. – Gordon B. Hinckley
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do. – Gordon B. Hinckley
I have many friends of other religions, and I am satisfied that they are very conscientious, good people who are trying to do good. I appreciate that. – Gordon B. Hinckley
It is not a mark of manhood to carelessly use the name of the Almighty or of His Beloved Son in a vain and flippant way, as many are prone to do. – Gordon B. Hinckley
I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. – Gordon B. Hinckley
God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do. – Gordon B. Hinckley
In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference. – Gordon B. Hinckley
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. – Gordon B. Hinckley
My wife once said that one of her great ambitions was to walk down the streets of Hong Kong with her children. So we all went to Asia on one occasion. Then she said she’d like to walk down the streets of Jerusalem with her children. So we arranged our family finances and all went to Jerusalem. – Gordon B. Hinckley
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. – Gordon B. Hinckley
There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love. – Gordon B. Hinckley
If you are too busy in your church activities to take care of your family, then perhaps we had better find something else for you to do. – Gordon B. Hinckley
Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs. – Gordon B. Hinckley
Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience. – Gordon B. Hinckley
I’ve never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don’t think it is necessary. – Gordon B. Hinckley
Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith. – Gordon B. Hinckley
I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman. – Gordon B. Hinckley
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. – Gordon B. Hinckley
When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you’ll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness as citizens of the society of which they are a part. – Gordon B. Hinckley
We do not wonder that there is conflict in the world. There is now, and has been from the time that Cain slew Abel, so much of hatred. – Gordon B. Hinckley
