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Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

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
Whatever
Littles
Better
Little
Wells
Well
Taller
Good
Stronger
Stand

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Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.
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... the whole design of the gospel is to lead us onward and upward to greater achievement, even, eventually, to godhood. This great possibility was enunciated by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the King Follet sermon. It is this grand and incomparable concept: As God now is, man may become!
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When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant “Goliath!” and do with it as David did to the Philistine of Gath.
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You will find peace and happiness if you will live the gospel.
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Don't make the kinds of mistakes that will bring regret.
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Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it's always constant.
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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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Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.
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Enjoy music. Not the kind that rocks and rolls, but the music of the masters, the music that has lived through the centuries, the music that has lifted people. If you do not have a taste for it, listen to it thoughtfully. If you do not like it the first time, listen to it again and keep listening.
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Quiet talk is the language of love. It is the language of peace. It is the language of God.
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It’s true, isn’t it? Then what else really matters?
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Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
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I am suggesting that we spend a little less time in idleness, in the fruitless pursuit of watching inane and empty television programs. Time so utilized can be put to better advantage, and the consequences will be wonderful.
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The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.
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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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