Ebook: Standing for something: ten neglected virtues that will heal our hearts and homes

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 -- Marriage: what God hath joined together -- The family: we can save our nation by saving our homes -- Epilogue: the loneliness of moral leadership.;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 blueprint for what we all can do--as individuals, as a nation, and as a world community--to rediscover the values and virtues that have historically made us strong and that will lead us to a brighter future. From the Trade Paperback edition.