Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

When you are part of a megachurch, you have no responsibility to anybody else.

In this age of the electronic media and the mass distribution of the printed word, God will hold us accountable if we do not now move the Book of Mormon in a monumental way.

If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today.

For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do.

We are a temple-building and a temple-attending people.

Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.

When cities were first founded, an old Egyptian scribe tells us, the mission of the founder was to 'put gods in their shrines.' The task of the coming city is not essentially different: its mission is to put the highest concerns of man at the center of all his activities.

Temples are more than stone and mortar. They are filled with faith and fasting. They are built of trials and testimonies. They are sanctified by sacrifice and service.

It depends on what you mean by the word religion. Certainly I don't go to temples and pray to the gods or anything like that.

If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will.

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.

One of the bellwether marks of the growth and vitality of the Church is the construction of temples. We will keep on working to bring the temples to the people, making it more convenient for Latter day Saints everywhere to receive the blessings which can only be had in these holy houses.

Our responsibility as Christians makes us tremble.

How does this whole guardian angel business work? Am I the only person who can see you? I mean, are you invisible to everyone else?" Patch stared at me like he hoped I wasn't serious. "You're not invisible?" I squeaked. "You have to get out of here!" I made a movement to push Patch off the bed but was cut short by a searing jab in my ribs. "She'll kill me if she finds you in here. Can you climb trees? Tell me you can climb a tree!" Patch grinned. "I can fly." Oh. Right. Well, okay.

God holds his people responsible for righteousness, not for results.

Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?

On a personal level, as a Christian, it will not be Barbra Streisand I'm standing in front of when I have to make an accounting of my life.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

I mean, if we said right now, there's somebody in the next room who's dying, let's all go save their life, you know, everybody would just get up immediately and go get involved in that.

I don't mean to sound corny, but it's one word: results. If you get results, you can get anyone.

The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness.

What will we answer to Him about that child, that old father and mother, because they are His creation, they are children of God.

Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for his holy Priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness.

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.