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Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.

Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Book, Men, Mind

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

Gordon B. Hinckley
Genius, Labor

God is the designer of the family.

Gordon B. Hinckley
God, Designer

Enjoy music. Not the kind that rocks and rolls, but the music of the masters, the music that has lived through the centuries, the music that has lifted people. If you do not have a taste for it, listen to it thoughtfully. If you do not like it the first time, listen to it again and keep listening.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Music, Rocks, Rock And Roll

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Dream, Reality, Achievement
Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.94, Harmony

This cause will roll on in majesty and power to fill the earth. Doors now closed to the preaching of the gospel will be opened. The Almighty, if necessary, may have to shake the nations to humble them and cause them to listen to the servants of the living God. Whatever is needed will come to pass.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Humble, Doors, Causes
"Look to the Future". Ensign magazine, p. 68, November 1997.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Respect, Men, Self
Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.45, Harmony

I am saying that out of a spirit of appreciation and gratitude, and a sense of duty, you ought to make whatever adjustment is necessary to give a little of your time-as little as two years-consecrating your strength, your means, your talents to the work of sharing with others the gospel, which is the source of so much of the good that you have. I promise that if you will do so, you will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Gratitude, Appreciation, Mean

We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Opportunity, Doors, Young

If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make her chief concern the comfort and well-being of her husband, we would have very little divorce in the land.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Husband, Divorce, Men
"Transcript: National Press Club Q&A with President Gordon B. Hinckley". Interview with Jack Cushman, www.deseretnews.com. March 8, 2000.

The time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding of the grand millennial mission of this, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus, Eye, Understanding
Conference Report, 95, April, 1995.

I am grateful for emphasis on reading the scriptures. I hope that for you this will become something far more enjoyable than a duty; that, rather, it will become a love affair with the word of God. I promise you that as you read, your minds will be enlightened and your spirits will be lifted. At first it may seem tedious, but that will change into a wondrous experience with thoughts and words of things divine. Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley
Grateful, Reading, Promise

The way of the gospel is a simple way. Some of the requirements may appear to you as elementary and unnecessary. Do not spurn them. Humble yourselves and walk in obedience. I promise that the results that follow will be marvelous to behold and satisfying to experience.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Humble, Humility, Simple

When I say do your best, I mean your very best. You are capable of so much more.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Mean, Capable

Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Gambling, Moral Fiber, Gamble

Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Mean, Heart, Giving

Let there be music in the home. If you have teenagers who have their own recordings, you will be prone to describe the sound as something other than music. Let them occasionally hear something better. Expose them to it. It will speak for itself. More of appreciation will come than you may think. It may not be spoken, but it will be felt, and its influence will become increasingly manifest as the years pass.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Music, Appreciation, Teenager

All of us have to deal with death at one time or another, but to have in one's heart a solid conviction concerning the reality of eternal life is to bring a sense of peace in an hour of tragedy that can come from no other source under the heavens

Gordon B. Hinckley
Heart, Reality, Heaven

Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Want, Causes, Forget You

How much more beautiful would be the world and the society in which we live if...every mother regarded her children as the jewels of her life, as gifts from the God of heaven, who is their Eternal Father, and brought them up in true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Beautiful, Mother, Children

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Abuse, Criticism, Energy

There is a portent of stormy weather ahead to which we had better give heed...No one knows when emergencies will strike...Set your houses in order. If you have paid your debts, if you have a reserve, even though it be small, then should storms howl about your head, you will have shelter for your wife and children and peace in your hearts. That's all I have to say about it, but I wish to say it with all the emphasis of which I am capable.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Religious, Children, Heart

I love the youth of the Church. I have said again and again that I think we have never had a better generation than this. How grateful I am for your integrity, for your ambition to train your minds and your hands to do good work, for your love of the word of the Lord, and for your desire to walk in paths of virtue and truth and goodness.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Integrity, Grateful, Ambition

Our whole strength rests on the validity of [Joseph Smith's] vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did not, then this work is a fraud. If it did, then it is the most important and wonderful work under the heavens.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Heaven, Vision, Important

I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny the calendar. I have lived long enough and served in enough different capacities to have removed from my mind, if such were necessary, any doubt of the divinity of this, the work of God. We respect those of other churches. We desire their friendship and hope to render meaningful service with them. We know they all do good, but we unabashedly state—and this frequently brings criticism upon us—that this is the true and living Church of our Father in Heaven and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Meaningful, Jesus, Father

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