Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.

You never have to guess where you stand with me.

I'm not going to be in a relationship that I don't fully trust.

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

It's really comforting for me and Jeff, at least, that after 12 years we finally feel we've reached a place where we can be more honest, real and loving with each other. And we're finally in a band that we know is good, and deserves the credit it's getting.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.

I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don't care so long as he's straight with me and our dealings are fair.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest with. I've told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There's no secrets at all.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.

I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.

In a marriage, in any long-term relationship, not to bother with lying. There's no time for that. If you have any sort of secret life, it will come back to haunt you.

My husband keeps me really honest.

I like guys who are honest and funny. Looks come and go; I want to be 65 years old and laughing with my husband.

I married a woman who's not going to take anything. No slips. She's very accountable, and she holds me very accountable.

The more you trust, the more you create trust..

I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over: Trust is the coin of the realm. When trust was in the room, whatever room that was — the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room — good things happened. When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.

In my relations with my husband, there was never any deceit... he never said he was going out on business; he would say he was going to a show, and I would say, 'Fine.'

We want our marriage to be a triumph, not a tragedy.

Players are smart. That locker room knows. So don't hide anything.

My views are simple. If you're gonna make a commitment, particularly marriage, stick to it. If you can't compromise, you've got no chance.

If I trust the people I work with, then I deliver my part with complete trust.

Having a team that I trust is, for me, really important.