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Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation. With that assumption I do not hesitate to say that the nation of Chile is better for our presence, and the same thing is happening in every other nation where we are

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation. With that assumption I do not hesitate to say that the nation of Chile is better for our presence, and the same thing is happening in every other nation where we are operating.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Add, Citizens, Very Good
Speech at the National Press Club, www.deseretnews.com. March 08, 2000.

We wear on our faces the results of what we believe and how we behave, and such behavior is most evident in the eyes and on the faces of those who have lived many years.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Believe, Eye, Years

But no one can blink at the fact that in this land, and in other lands across the world, there is an epidemic affecting the lives of millions of youth. It is a sickness that comes of a loss of values, of an abandonment of moral absolutes. The virus which has infected them comes of leaderless families, leaderless schools, leaderless communities. It comes of an attitude that says, "We will not teach moral values. We will leave the determination of such to the individual."

Gordon B. Hinckley
Determination, Attitude, School

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Foundation, Building, Weak

Of course we're Christian. The very name of the church declares that.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Christian, Names, Church
"Pres. Hinckley answers myriad questions about the LDS Church". Associated Press Interview, www.deseretnews.com. December 25, 2005.

We live in terribly complex times. We are confronted by very serious problems. Some of us are faced with sickness, with economic difficulties, with worry and concern over many matters. Our refuge, our peace, our well-being lie in walking in the way of the Lord.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Lying, Worry, Matter

There are others whose lives are blessed when a missionary serves, such as the members of his family who support him, pray for him, and try to live worthy of him.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Blessed, Support, Trying

Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion. As we learn to know and appreciate those of various cultures, we come to appreciate them.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Ignorance, Conflict, Suspicion
Speech at the National Press Club, www.deseretnews.com. March 08, 2000.

One has neither independence nor freedom from bondage when he is obligated to others

Gordon B. Hinckley
Independence, Bondage

The Lord would want you to be successful. He would. You are His sons and His daughters. He has the same kind of love and ambition for you that your earthly parents have. They want you to do well and you can do it.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Daughter, Ambition, Son

People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do with their lives are far less likely to become enmeshed in problems that inevitably weaken society.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Strong, Heart, Reality
Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.21, Harmony

I know of no better answer to the foul practices that confront our young people than the teachings of a mother, given in love with an unmistakable warning.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Mother, Teaching, Practice

My plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight...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.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Sarcasm, Voice, Effort
Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.117, Harmony

I am totally in the hands of the Lord.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Hands, Lord

I believe without any doubt that you are the finest generation this Church has ever had.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Believe, Our Generation, Doubt

You are great young people. I have said again and again, we have the finest generation of young people ever in the history of this Church. I believe it. You know the gospel better. You come to seminary and you learn about the things of the Lord here. You know more about the gospel than those of my generation at your age did without any question. I am satisfied of that. Furthermore, you are intrinsically better. You are wonderful young people!

Gordon B. Hinckley
Believe, Our Generation, People

It is naive to believe that a steady diet of blatant immorality, played out nightly in our living rooms, has no effect on people. I am always curious when individuals insist that what they watch on television or in movie theaters doesn't affect them. ... Are we really to believe that hours, leading to years, of television viewing will not affect attitudes about everything from family life to appropriate sexual relations?

Gordon B. Hinckley
Attitude, Believe, Years
"Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes".

We are particularly proud of our youth. I think we have never had a stronger generation of young men and women than we have today. For the most part they are true to the faith of their forebears. Surrounded by forces that would pull them down and tremendous pressures to pull them away from time-tested virtues, they are going forward with constructive lives, nurturing themselves both intellectually and spiritually. We have no fears or doubts concerning the future of this work.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Men, Thinking, Our Generation

Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Peace, Home, Heart

Simple honesty is so remarkable a quality. It is of the very essence of Integrity.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Honesty, Integrity, Simple

If we are to continue to have the freedoms that came of the inspiration of the Almighty to our Founding Fathers, we must return to the God who is their true Author.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Father, Inspiration, Return
Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.26, Harmony

We can begin ever so modestly. We can begin with a one week's food supply and gradually build it to a month, and then to three months. I am speaking now of food to cover basic needs. . .I fear that so many feel that a long-term food supply is so far beyond their reach that they make no effort at all. . .Begin in a small way, ... and gradually build toward a reasonable objective.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Long, Effort, Three

I don't hesitate to say if every family in the world practiced [family home evening], you'd see a very great difference in the solidarity of the families of the world.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Home, Differences, World

The most important step you have made or will make in your life is marriage. Its consequences are many, so important and so everlasting.. No other decision will have such tremendous consequences for the future.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Marriage, Decision, Important

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Gratitude, Appreciation, Eye

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