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Believe in yourselves. Believe in your capacity to do some good in this world. God sent us here for a purpose, and that was to improve the world in which we live. The wonderful thing is that we can do it.

Gordon B. Hinckley

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Gordon B. Hinckley
Age: 97 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 23
Died: 2008
Died: January 27
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Utah
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The way of the gospel is a simple way. Some of the requirements may appear to you as elementary and unnecessary. Do not spurn them. Humble yourselves and walk in obedience. I promise that the results that follow will be marvelous to behold and satisfying to experience.
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Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.
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Let us all try to stand a little taller, rise a little higher, be a little better. Make the extra effort. You will be happier.
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Be true to who you are and the family name you bare.
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Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.
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Criticism is the seed of divorce, and it develops rebellion in our young.
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This cause will roll on in majesty and power to fill the earth. Doors now closed to the preaching of the gospel will be opened. The Almighty, if necessary, may have to shake the nations to humble them and cause them to listen to the servants of the living God. Whatever is needed will come to pass.
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You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
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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.
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What a wonderful time it is for each of us to do his or her small part in moving the work of the Lord on to its magnificent destiny.
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I too believe that God will always make a way where there is no way. I believe that if we will walk in obedience to the commandments of God, if we will follow the counsel of the priesthood, he will open a way even where there appears to be no way.
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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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