Gordon B. Hinckley

“I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.”

“It is difficult for me to understand the tragic accounts of troubled marriages that come to me.”

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

“The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work.”

“Truth will prevail.”

“The work of the Lord is done by ordinary people who work in an extraordinary way.”

“Of course we're Christian. The very name of the church declares that. The more people see us and come to know us, the more I believe they will come to realize that we are trying to exemplify in our lives and in our living the great ideals which (Jesus Christ) taught.”

“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.”

“Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.”

“At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple.”

“In the underdeveloped countries, we have young men and women, many of them of capacity but without opportunity to improve themselves. They cannot do so without help.”

“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.”

“Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.”

“Try a little harder to be a little better.”

“You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.”

“It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our living. . . Our lives are, in reality, the sum total of our seemingly unimportant decisions and of our capacity to live by those decisions.”

“You don't need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.”

“As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.”

“Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.”

“Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.”