Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.

I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.

I think in church you're raised like God is God and you are here.

Make God first priority. He's worth it!

I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.

When I'm in the house of God, I don't wear my jewelry, if you're looking for my jewelry. All you see is my heart of gold.

I am trying to get closer to God.

You must have faith to pray. You must have faith to ponder the word of God. You must have faith to do those things and go to those places which invite the Spirit of Christ and the Holy Ghost.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

All grace grows as Love to the Word of God grows.

Much prayer, but no piety.

I think it would be a welcome reminder to every American that we can pray a good deal more at home. We can attend our churches with a good deal more fidelity.

The more sanctified a person is the more heavily weighted his prayer time is in adoration.

I play to represent God, something bigger than baseball.

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.

You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship.

We should give the Lord the excellence He deserves in everything we do.

One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His Word, we're obedient, we pray, we go to church, we do the right things - that somehow His blessing means we're going to be okay.

There is need occasionally to leave the noise and the tumult of the world and step within the walls of a sacred house of God, there to feel His Spirit in an environment of holiness and peace.

I value all things as nothing in comparison with having the spirit of God to guide me.

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.

We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.