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Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
Gordon B. Hinckley
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Gordon B. Hinckley
Age: 97 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 23
Died: 2008
Died: January 27
Hymnwriter
Prophet
Religious Leader
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gordon Bitner Hinckley
Gordon Hinckley
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He who is our Eternal Father has blessed you with miraculous powers of mind and body. He never intended that you should be less than the crowning glory of His creations.
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Be true to who you are and the family name you bare.
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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.
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Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.
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You don't need coffee. Nobody needs coffee. You can get along without it.
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Under the sacred and compelling trust we have as members of the Church of Jesus Christ, ours is a work of redemption, of lifting and saving those who need help. Ours is a task of raising the sights of those of our people who fail to realize the great potential that lies within them.
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Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real.
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Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.
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Try a little harder to be a little better.
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Children don’t need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look with respect rather than fear. Above all, they need example.
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We're all sons and daughters of God, and therefore in a very literal sense, brothers and sisters. And we ought to treat each other that way.
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I would like to suggest to you that you 'grab life by the horns' and do not let life grab you by the horns. You take control of your lives. Do not let life control you. Take charge. Rise to the divinity that is within you.
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I don't know how to get anything done except getting on my knees and pleading for help and then getting on my feet and going to work.
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Anger is the mother of a whole brood of evil actions. Divorce too often is the bitter fruit of anger.
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It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery.
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Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future.
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. . . as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.
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As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.
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