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You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something.
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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Avoid alcohol as you would a loathsome disease. Beer will do to you what hard liquor will do. Each contains alcohol in varying amounts.
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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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As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.
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If you are too busy in your church activities to take care of your family, then perhaps we had better find something else for you to do.
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Great has been our past, wonderful is our present, and glorious can be our future.
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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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I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
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Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation. With that assumption I do not hesitate to say that the nation of Chile is better for our presence, and the same thing is happening in every other nation where we are operating.
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Marriage should not be viewed as a therapeutic step to solve problems such as homosexual inclinations or practices.
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My plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight...I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
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Try a little harder to be a little better.
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In all we do we must cultivate faith. Increased faith is the touchstone to improved church performance.
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Nobody is lost until somebody has given up.
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Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
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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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In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it.
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There is another serious thing to which many young men become addicted. This is anger. With the least provocation they explode into tantrums of uncontrolled rage. It is pitiful to see someone so weak. But even worse, they are prone to lose all sense of reason and do things which bring later regret.
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People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.
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God will always make a way where there is no way.
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Let us stand a little taller, if you don't, you will never strengthen yourself
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