Mike Hinds > Mike's Quotes

“The most terrifying specter that haunts the modern psyche is not death or disease or nuclear annihilation. It is loneliness.”
― Terryl L. Givens, The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

“If vulnerability and pain are the price of love, then joy is it's reward.”
― Fiona Givens, The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

“For a man to be great, he must not dwell on small things, though he may enjoy them.”
― Joseph Smith Jr.

“Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.”
― H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture: 50th Anniversary Edition―Being True to Christ in a Materialistic Age

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
― Mother Teresa

“Nikolai's a badass Russian. Badass Russians only have three emotions: revenge, depression, and vodka.”
― Larry Correia, Monster Hunter Alpha

“Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”
― Marvin J. Ashton

“If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.”
― Marvin J. Ashton

“Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don't judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone's differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn't handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another's weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other.

None of us need one more person bashing or pointing out where we have failed or fallen short. Most of us are already well aware of the areas in which we are weak. What each of us does need is family, friends, employers, and brothers and sisters who support us, who have the patience to teach us, who believe in us, and who believe we're trying to do the best we can, in spite of our weaknesses. What ever happened to giving each other the benefit of the doubt? What ever happened to hoping that another person would succeed or achieve? What ever happened to rooting for each other?”
― Marvin J. Ashton

“Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.”
― Marvin J. Ashton

“True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year

“We meet no ordinary people in our lives.”
― C.S. Lewis; Inspirational Christian Library

“The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people.”
― Marvin J. Ashton