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If you will accept every call that comes to you within the Church, you will grow in a remarkable and marvelous and wonderful way. With responsibility comes growth, and the Lord will magnify you and make you equal to

If you will accept every call that comes to you within the Church, you will grow in a remarkable and marvelous and wonderful way. With responsibility comes growth, and the Lord will magnify you and make you equal to every responsibility which is given you.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Responsibility, Growth, Church

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.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Humor, Needs, Littles

For as long as (the Founding Fathers of this nation) lived and led, they acknowledged the hand of the Almighty in the affairs of this republic. Our coinage and our currency carry the national motto. It simply says, 'In God We Trust.' I believe this is the foundation upon which this nation was established, an unequivocal trust in the power of the Almighty to guide and defend us.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Father, Believe, Hands

One of the bellwether marks of the growth and vitality of the Church is the construction of temples. We will keep on working to bring the temples to the people, making it more convenient for Latter day Saints everywhere to receive the blessings which can only be had in these holy houses.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Blessing, People, House
"The Work Goes On". Ensign magazine, p. 1, May 2001.

...When we lift our voices tiny molehills of difference become great mountains of conflict.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Communication, Voice, Differences

It was a very limited practice; carefully safeguarded. In 1890, that practice was discontinued.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Practice, Polygamy

None of you need worry because you read something that was incompletely reported. You need not worry that I do not understand some matters of doctrine... I think I understand them thoroughly.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Thinking, Worry, Doctrine

Sloppy language and sloppy ways go together. Those who are truly educated have learned more than the sciences, the humanities, law, engineering, and the arts. They carry with them a certain polish that marks them as loving the better qualities of life, a culture that adds luster to the mundane world of which they are apart, a patina that puts a quiet glow on what otherwise might be base metal.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Art, Engineering, Law

What a marvelous and wonderful thing is #‎ prayer . Think of it. We can actually speak with our Father in #‎ Heaven .

Gordon B. Hinckley
Prayer, Father, Thinking

There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering of men and women of all the ages, accumulated under one roof.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Book, Men, Age

Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you - don't do it. Say no.That can of beer that somebody wants you to try, don't do it. Don't you ever do it.That drug that someone might want you to use, don't touch it.Stay away from it. It can destroy you.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Beer, Smoking, Drug

The discipline that is needed in our lives is the discipline that comes from within.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Discipline, Life Is, Needed

Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions. Divorce too often is the bitter fruit of anger.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Mother, Anger, Divorce

Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such conviction that those to whom we speak shall know of the strength of our feeling and the sincerity of our efforts.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Voice, Effort, Feelings

In very large measure each of us holds the key to the blessings of the Almighty upon us. If we wish the blessing, we must pay the price.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Blessing, Pay The Price, Keys

Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself in ugly egotism and frequently in wanton mischief. We have seen our beaches, our parks, our forests littered with ugly refuse by those who evidently have no appreciation for their beauty. I have driven through thousands of acres of blackened land scourged by a fire evidently set by a careless smoker whose only concern had been the selfish pleasure gained from a cigarette.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Beach, Gratitude, Appreciation

Thank and glorify His Beloved Son, who, with indescribable suffering, gave His life on Calvary's cross to pay the debt of mortal sin. He it was who, through His atoning sacrifice, broke the bonds of death and with godly power rose triumphant from the tomb. He is our Redeemer, the Redeemer of all mankind. He is the Savior of the world. He is the Son of God, the Author of our salvation.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Son, Godly, Sacrifice

I commend to you the virtues of thrift and industry. In doing so, I do not wish you to be a "tightwad," if you will pardon that expression, or to be a freeloader, or anything of the kind.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Expression, Wish, Financial

Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don't belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Church, Connections, Polygamy

Mortality is but a stepping-stone to a more glorious existence in the future.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Stones, Mortality, Existence

There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and place of the gifted pickle sucker!

Gordon B. Hinckley
Age, Pickles, Cynicism
Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.116, Harmony

I am so profoundly grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ, for a testimony of the Atonement of the Savior. I believe in it with all my heart, and I live for it, and I bear witness of it this day. Of all of the events of human history, none other approaches the Atonement of the Savior in its meaning and in its results. God be thanked for the gift of His precious Son, to whom we all owe thanks for His sacrifice in our behalf.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus, Believe, Grateful

Marriage should not be viewed as a therapeutic step to solve problems such as homosexual inclinations or practices.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Practice, Steps, Problem
Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

We love them [people who have same-sex attractions] as sons and daughters of God. They may have certain inclinations which are powerful and which may be difficult to control. If they do not act upon these inclinations, then they can go forward as do all other members of the Church.

Gordon B. Hinckley
Daughter, Sex, Powerful
Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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