Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.

As in all areas, we can improve how good we are at loving another person.

Become a good all-around human being.

I will try and become a very empathetic person because I do think that's a nice trait.

According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

I know the books that I need to help me to be wiser than my years and be kinder and more compassionate and more patient than I really am.

I started just naturally turning into a nicer person, and it actually helped broaden and lengthen my career.

Simply be the qualities you seek in others.

When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems

It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

If I hadn't read all of Jane Austen and DH Lawrence, Tolstoy and Proust, as well as the more fun stuff, I wouldn't know how to break bad news, how to sympathise, how to be a friend or a lover, because I wouldn't have any idea what was going on in anybody else's mind.

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and everyone else.

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

I try to learn on each project, try to really feel what the characters are feeling.

But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

I think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.

I'd like to do more stuff with less sarcasm.

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.