Hank Smith > Quotes

“People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
― Hank Smith, Suit Up! Hasten Your Preparation

“Often we try to develop love for each other without first trying to develop love of God.”
― Hank Smith, Be Happy

“If your son or brother or father has depression—just put your arm around him. Just listen. Let him explain if he wants to. Just let him lean on you if that's all he wants to do. You don't need to give advice. You don't need to fix it. Avoid prescribing action and advice before you understand. Just because something has worked for you does not mean it will work for them.”
― Hank Smith, Be Happy

“Depression and anxiety are not character problems, they are chemistry problems.”
― Hank Smith, Be Happy

“It is never too late for the Lord to bring back those that we love.”
― Hank Smith, Be Happy

“Depression is a biological, chemical problem. It's not something that someone imagines, or makes up, or just decides to be. It's not something you just "get over." In fact, it often gets worse with time. You can see depression very clearly with neuroimaging.

It is NOT a character problem; It's a chemistry problem.

It is a medical problem. A health problem.”
― Hank Smith, Be Happy

“Happiness does not mean being free from problems and trials, but finding purpose in problems and trials can result in abundant happiness.”
― Hank Smith

“Too often we express our love to the Lord and our frustration to our loved ones.

The Lord could probably handle more of our frustrations and our loved ones likely need more of our love.”
― Hank Smith

“President Thomas S. Monson has said: “God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity in the cloud, the oil in the earth. He left the rivers unbridged and the forests unfelled and the cities unbuilt. God gives to man the challenge of raw materials, not the ease of finished things. He leaves the pictures unpainted and the music unsung and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys and glories of creation.” (in Quest of the Abundant Life, Ensign, March 1988) Put simply, the exhilaration of being creative and the feeling of accomplishment that often accompany hard work bring happiness. (Hank Smith, Be Happy)”
― Hank Smith