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Be true to who you are and the family name you bare.
Gordon B. Hinckley
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Gordon B. Hinckley
Age: 97 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 23
Died: 2008
Died: January 27
Hymnwriter
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Gordon Bitner Hinckley
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With the increase of missionary work throughout the world, there must be a comparable increase in the effort to make every convert feel at home in his or her ward or branch. . . . I invite every member to reach out in friendship and love for those who come into the Church as converts.
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I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing.
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Stay out of the gutter in your conversation. Foul talk defiles the man who speaks it... Don't swear. Don't profane. Avoid so-called dirty jokes. Stay away from conversation that is sprinkled with foul and filthy words. You will be happier if you do so, and your example will give strength to others.
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By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
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Our Eternal Father lives. He stands as the great God of the universe, ruling in majesty and power. And yet He is my Father, to whom I may go in prayer with the assurance that He will hear, listen, and answer.
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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.
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I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That's much better than watching television, much better. They won't get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.
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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.
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I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.
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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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Forget yourself and go to work.
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We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another.
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Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.
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The family is a creation of God. The way to strengthen the nation is to strengthen the homes of the people.
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It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future.
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Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.
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