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121 " Our burden in going forward is tremendous. But our opportunity is glorious. "
― Gordon B. Hinckley
122 " Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better. "
123 " Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds. "
124 " I forewarn you, this will be a rather long talk. I am an old man. I do not know how much longer I will live, and so I want to say what I have to say, while I have the strength to say it. ...Having been warned, some of you will wish to get comfortable. Pleasant dreams. "
125 " The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts. "
126 " Work is the miracle by which talent is brought to the surface and dreams become reality. "
127 " I know of no other practise which will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects. There is a great potential within each of us to go on learning. Regardless of our age, unless there be serious illness, we can read, study, drink in the writings of wonderful men and women. It is never too late to learn. "
― Gordon B. Hinckley , Stand a Little Taller
128 " When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'. "
129 " Integrity is at the heart of commerce in the world in which we live. Honesty and integrity comprise the very underpinnings of society.....Indeed, the strength and safety of any organization-including the family-lie in the integrity of its members. Without personal integrity, there can be no confidence. Without confidence, there can be no prospect of permanent success. "
― Gordon B. Hinckley , Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
130 " No matter how old we become, we can acquire knowledge and use it. We can gather wisdom and profit from it. We can grow and progress and improve-and, in the process, strengthen the livs of those within our circle of influence. "
131 " Woman is God’s supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman created; and only then was the work pronounced complete and good. "
132 " Walk by faith. God will open the way. When there is no way, He will open the way. "
133 " It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God. "
134 " The Lord would want you to be successful. He would. You are His sons and His daughters. He has the same kind of love and ambition for you that your earthly parents have. They want you to do well and you can do it. "
135 " Work without vision is drudgery. Vision without work is dreaming. Work plus vision-this is destiny. "
136 " A marvelous thing it would be to stand with confidence, unafraid, unashamed, and unembarrassed in the presence of God. "
137 " Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall. "
138 " Let us stand a little taller, if you don't, you will never strengthen yourself "
139 " I am totally in the hands of the Lord. "
140 " Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius. "