Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

To those who believe but wish their belief to be strengthened, I urge you to walk in faith and trust in God. Spiritual knowledge always requires an exercise of faith.

When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'

We clearly see in God's Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It's easier to come up with excuses for why we can't do things that are hard or that we really don't want to do.

The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.

God has never given a dream that could be fulfilled at step one. So start walking, be obedient, and watch God fulfill that dream in your life.

They that trust in the Lord shall never be confounded!

That's a real secret. You can trust God. I feel I love the Lord with all of my heart, and he will not put more on me than I can bear. And so I always say, 'Lord, I trust you with me.' So I figure, anything that happens in my life, I must be able to bear it, or he wouldn't allow it to happen.

When we have fallen and need to get back up again, we are able to do it in His strength walking in His Spirit. Cling to the Spirit of Christ Jesus - He will never fail.

If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God, he will enable you to pull down the strong holds of sin and Satan, and that work by which he is pleased will prosper in your hands.

But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure.

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.

When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.

Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.

No matter how difficult your situation may be you have to follow the Lord of the Second Advent completely.

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right.

It's funny how God will just keep using you, and our motto around our family forever has been, 'Just let Him use you.'

If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?

Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf.

In responding to OUR COUNTRY’S CALL for more men, let us humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord, and so deport us that he will dwell with us, guide our counsel, go out before us, and strengthen our hearts in the shock of battle. I therefore propose to you, my countrymen, to raise a company, every man of which shall take his BIBLE with his musket

Trust in God and keep your powder dry.

I don't think there's anyone who would say they don't want or need more of God's power in their life.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.