"As His followers, we cannot do a mean or shoddy or ungracious thing without tarnishing His image. Nor can we do a good and gracious and generous act without burnishing more brightly the symbol of Him whose name we have taken upon ourselves. And so our lives must become a meaningful expression, the symbol of our declaration of our testimony of the Living Christ, the Eternal Son of the Living God. It is that simple, my brethren and sisters, and that profound and we'd better never forget it." -President Gordon B Hinckley, "The Symbol of Our Faith," Ensign April 2005

"Don't get discouraged. Things will work out." -President Gordon B Hinckley

"You have not failed until you quit trying." -President Gordon B Hinckley

"You can be wise and happy or stupid and miserable. The choice is yours." -President Gordon B Hinckley

"I love libraries. I love books. There is something sacred, I think, about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, the pondering, of men and women of all ages accumulated together under one roof to which we can have access as our needs require." -President Gordon B Hinckley

"True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well being of one's companion." -President Gordon B Hinckley