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Without preservation and cultivation of the spiritual, your material success will be as ashes in your mouths.
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
Gordon Hinckley
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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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Don't make the kinds of mistakes that will bring regret.
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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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I don't hesitate to say if every family in the world practiced [family home evening], you'd see a very great difference in the solidarity of the families of the world.
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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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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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It’s true, isn’t it? Then what else really matters?
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It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.
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Death is not the end, but a more glorified existence.
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In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.
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Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
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Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.
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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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Criticism is the seed of divorce, and it develops rebellion in our young.
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No other practice will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects.
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Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.
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