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He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.

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
Motivational
Grows
Dies
Forget
Withers
Lives
Blossoms
Others
Forgets
Unto
Service

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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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My plea...is a plea to save the children. Too many of them walk with pain and fear, in loneliness and despair. Children need sunlight...They need kindness and refreshment and affection. Every home, regardless of the cost of the house, can provide an environment of love which will be an environment of salvation.
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Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.
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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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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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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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Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves give of your substance give of your heart and mind.
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Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real.
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I am satisfied that happiness in marriage is not so much a matter of romance as it is an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one's companion. Any man who will make his wife's comfort his first concern will stay in love with her throughout their lives and through the eternity yet to come
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We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.
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We are here to assist our Father in His work and His glory, 'to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man' (Moses 1:39). Your obligation is as serious in your sphere of responsibility as is my obligation in my sphere.
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Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.
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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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There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.
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Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.
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Marriage in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither exercising dominion over the other, but, rather, with each encouraging and assisting the other in whatever responsibilities and aspirations he or she might have.
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Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes an agent that leads to failure.
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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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There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.
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