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Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes (Hardcover)

by Mike Wallace (Foreword), Gordon Bitner Hinckley (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Crown Publishers; 1 edition (Feb 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812933176
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812933178
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 187,950 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Virtue is too often neglected, if not scorned or ridiculed as old-fashioned, confining and unenlightened," laments author Gordon Hinckley, a 90-year-old ordained leader of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Even as he enumerates all of America's social ills (including 482 billion dollars a year spent on gambling, rampant child neglect and abuse, school massacres, a pervasive deterioration of values) Hinckley believes there is a remedy. Chapter by chapter Hinckley presents 10 old-fashioned virtues that will return America to the glory envisioned by its founding fathers. These virtues include: Love, Honesty, Morality, Civility, Learning, Forgiveness, Thrift and Industry, Gratitude, Optimism and Faith.

Hinckley makes a compelling case for every one of these virtues, quoting extensively from the Bible but mostly using convincing personal anecdotes (after all, he is an elder with 90 years' worth of stories and wisdom). In his glowing foreword, Mike Wallace (of 60 Minutes fame) writes that Gordon Hinckley is an "optimistic leader of the Mormon Church who fully deserves the almost universal admiration that he gets." Clearly, Hinkley has struck a resounding chord with the American populace, including dyed-in-the-wool New York cynics such as Wallace. Word of this book is rapidly spreading across America as simple folk clamour to steer their lives and country with a more virtuous compass.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Timely, timeless words on living a happy and contented life, 7 Mar 2000
By stephen.kerr@virgin.net (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
Gordon Hinckley has written a masterpiece. I believe it will become a classic because this is a book which is both timely and timeless. It is forthright - very to the point - no waffle. Gordon Hinckley employs a very kind - grandfatherly style. Behind good counsel there is also a stern warning. This book is an invitation to every reader to live to a little better; to aim for the highest standards in personal principle and in private and public conduct.

Gordon Hinckley lists the 10 virtues that he believes are critical to leading a happy, productive and contented life. In his 90th year, he uses his vast experience of life and its challenges to recommend remedies and antidotes which bring the promise of better days and good things to come. Hinckley is the 'star' witness in the case for optimisim. He sees a future for humanity which is bright and full of opportunity and that view of things is infectious. Hinckley so infuses the reader with his own brand of enthusiasm for living life to the full that the reader will 'want' to try harder at living better: at being a better person, a better neighbour, a better member of the human race. This book is a reflection of Gordon Hinckley's life-long commitment to Jesus Christ. It is Jesus Christ that is at the centre of this book. That being said, this book is enjoyable and instructive for readers of all faiths or none.

'Standing for Something' makes an impression that means it will be read and reread and passed along. I, for one, am glad I read it. I recommend it. One for the heart as well as the mind.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Outstanding, 2 May 2000
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Gordon B. Hinckley has taken a difficult subject and turned it into an optomistic road map for the future generations of the world. Each viture he has written about strikes close to the hearts of each person who is willing to make a difference in the world around them.

LDS or not, anyone who wants to see the world a better place for our children will stand up and cheer when they read this book.

Simply Outstanding.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, 24 April 2000
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My wife and I enjoyed this book immensely and I would give it my unequivocal recommendation.
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