Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can set it down. We can think of what we have read. It does something for us. We can share great minds, great actions, and great undertakings in the pages of a book.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Thinking, Mind

• We are sometimes told that we are not a biblical church. We are a biblical church. This wonderful testament of the Old World, this great and good Holy Bible is one of our standard works. We teach from it. We bear testimony of it. We read from it. It strengthens our testimony. And we add to that this great second witness, the Book of Mormon, the testament of the New World, for as the Bible says, "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall [all things] be established" (2 Cor. 13:1).

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Biblical, Two

  "Selections from Addresses of President Gordon B. Hinckley". Ensign magazine, p. 64, March 2001.

• Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Giving, Effort

• It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book...from the reading of 'good books' there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Reading, Richness Of Life

• If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Substance, Tvs

• There is something almost sacred about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom, the learning, and the pondering of men and women of all the ages, accumulated under one roof.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Men, Age

• Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Men, Mind

• It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the great of the earth, counsel with the wise of all time, look into the unlived days with prophets...To become acquainted with real nobility as it walks the pages of history and science and literature is to strengthen character and develop life in its finer meanings.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Wise, Real, Book

• It is so important to see that we are all converted, that we have in our hearts a conviction concerning this great work. It is not a matter of the head only. It is a matter of the heart. It is being touched by the Holy Spirit until we know that this work is true, that Joseph Smith was verily a prophet of God, that God lives and that Jesus Christ lives and that they appeared to the boy Joseph Smith, that the Book of Mormon is true, that the priesthood is here with all of its gifts and blessings.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Jesus, Book, Heart

• Without reservation I promise you that if each of you will observe this simple program, regardless of how many times you previously may have read the Book of Mormon, there will come into your lives and into your homes an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord, a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, and a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Home, Son

• Well, we have nothing to hide. Our history is an open book. They may find what they are looking for, but the fact is the history of the church is clear and open and leads to faith and strength and virtues.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Book, Church, May

  "Pres. Hinckley answers myriad questions about the LDS Church". Associated Press Interview, www.deseretnews.com. December 25, 2005.

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