Quotes from Gordon B. Hinckley

Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.

My heart goes out to a missionary who does not receive regular mail from home. Generally, a letter once a week is a good rule. But on the other hand, too much mail can be damaging to a missionary's morale.

We live in a world that is filled with filth and sleaze, a world that reeks of evil. You cannot afford that filthy poison to touch you. Stay away from it. Avoid it.

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.

I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.

There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.

Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way.

Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.

Knowledge, learning, is an eternal thing.

God is the designer of the family.

Every convert is a son or daughter of God.

When the 'Book of Mormon' was first published, some of those who believed in it taught it to others and testified of it.

Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.

Oh, I don't think religion has failed. It's man who has failed. Christ hasn't failed. The Gospel hasn't failed. The teachings of God have not failed.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

We need to have a little humor in our lives. .If the time ever comes when we can't smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.

I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.

If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel.

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've been blessed so abundantly that I can never get over it. I just feel so richly blessed that I want to extend that to others wherever I can.

Truth will prevail.

Choose your friends carefully. It is they who will lead you in one direction or the other.

People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world.