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Standing for Something 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

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ISBN-10: 0609807250

ISBN-13: 9780609807255

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gordon B. Hinckley, Mike Wallace

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In this national bestseller, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley, has created a classic look at the values that can change our world--and how to stand up for them. Drawing on anecdotes from his much-admired life of faith and service, as well as examples from American culture today, he examines ten virtues that have always illuminated the path to a better world: love, honesty, morality, civility, learning, forgiveness and mercy, thrift and industry, gratitude, optimism, and faith. He then shows how the two guardians of virtue--marriage and the family--can keep us on that path, even in difficult times. Standing for Something is an inspiring…    
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Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 3/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.24" wide x 8.27" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Gordon B. Hinckley is the world leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He lives with his wife, Marjorie Pay Hinckley, in Salt Lake City.

Mike Wallace is a Professor of Public Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He is an Associate Director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), responsible for research capacity building in the management field. He is also the Economic and Social Research Council's Strategic Adviser for Researcher Development. Mike is series editor of the Sage Learning to Read Critically series of books. His own research on managing change in the public services is reported in many books and academic journals.

Foreword
Introduction: The Secularization of America
The Ten Virtues
Love: The Lodestar of Life
Where There Is Honesty, Other Virtues Will Follow
Making a Case for Morality
Our Fading Civility
Learning: "With All Thy Getting Get Understanding"
The Twin Virtues of Forgiveness and Mercy
Thrift and Industry: Getting Our Houses in Order
Gratitude: A Sign of Maturity
Optimism in the Face of Cynicism
Faith: Our Only Hope
The Guardians of Virtue
Marriage: What God Hath Joined Together
The Family: We Can Save Our Nation by Saving Our Homes
Epilogue: The Loneliness of Moral Leadership
Notes
Index