Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. But if you've got a weak foundation you can't build anything.

You cannot build a superstructure on a cracked foundation.

Without stones there is no arch.

A lasting architecture has to have roots.

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame.

A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the absolute, the beginning of that generative process, it's cake decoration.

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground.

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.

Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation.

Everything emanates from the basics, from your base. If you don't have a strong base, I'm sorry, but you are always going to be coming back to it, trying to reattain.

I believe in building your foundation - if your foundation is not rich, then you are far from rich.

One must have first of all a solid foundation.

It's impossible to lose your footing when you're on your knees.