Top 100 Spencer W. Kimball Quotes
#1. Modern scientific findings harmonize with revelation through the ages. No conflict exists between the gospel and any truth ... All true principles are a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no principle that we need to fear.
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#4. Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.
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#5. I personally regard all of the houses of the Lord as the work of Jehovah, initiated by him, built by him, designed by him, and dedicated to him and his program.
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#6. It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto.
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#7. One of the best ways to celebrate righteous history is to make more of it, make more righteous history!
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#8. We want you to be ready with your personal storehouses filled with at least a year's supply. You don't argue why it cannot be done; you just plan to organize and get it done.
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#9. I am comforted by the assurance that there will be beautiful music in heaven, and for that I am most grateful.
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#10. He who cannot learn by others' mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool.
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#11. By one means or another, the swiftest method of rejection of the holy prophets has been to find a pretext, however false or absurd, to dismiss the man so that his message could also be dismissed.
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#12. Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.
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#13. It is an act of extreme selfishness for a married couple to refuse to have children when they are able to do so.
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#14. It is not so much what we know that is important, as what we are and what we do.
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#15. Above all, I declare that Jesus Christ is the center of our faith; I testify to you that he lives. He leads his Church today; he hears our prayers when we humbly, earnestly, unceasingly seek to know his will, making this, too, a day of miracles and of revelation.
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#16. Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.
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#17. Life gives to all the choice. You can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish. You can be common, ordinary, dull, colorless, or yyou can channel your life so that it will be clean, vibrant, useful, progressive, colorful, and rich.
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#19. They who reach down into the depths of life where, in the stillness, the voice of God is heard, have the stabilizing power which carries them poised and serene through the hurricane of difficulties.
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#20. ... Repentance is ever the key to a better, happier life. All of us need it.
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#23. I am convinced that each of us, at some time in our lives, must discover the scriptures for ourselves - and not just discover them once, but rediscover them again and again.
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#24. There are many upright and faithful who live all the commandments and whose lives and prayers keep the world from destruction.
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#25. The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of himself and causes deep resentment
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#26. To be mediocre, when only application and diligence would have netted superiority, is an error akin to sin.
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#27. The statement, "As a man thinketh, so is he," could equally well be rendered "As a man thinketh, so does he." If one thinks it long enough he is likely to do it.
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#28. How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?
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#29. You women are daughters of God. You are precious. You are made in the image of our Heavenly Mother.
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#31. Always keep good company. Never waste an hour with anyone who doesn't lift you up and encourage you.
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#32. There is no doubt that the life one leads, and the thoughts one thinks are registered plainly in his face.
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#33. It is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom ... So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving ... help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow ... from small but deliberate deeds!
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#34. Leadership is the ability to encourage the best efforts of others in working toward a desirable goal.
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#36. When one ... consciously and determinedly directs his thoughts, controls his acts, and tries to feel and constantly express his love, he becomes a person of love.
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#37. There is nothing unholy or degrading about sexuality in itself, for by that means men and women join in a process of creation and in an expression of love
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#38. Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.
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#39. Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment.
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#41. We pray for a generation of girls who will display their wit, their intelligence, their modest charm, their integrity, their loveliness rather than their bodies and their sexual possibilities.
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#42. Man is naturally a religious being. His heart instinctively seeks for God whether he reverences the sacred cow or prays to the sun or moon; whether he kneels before wood and stone images, or prays in secret to his Heavenly Father, he is satisfying an inborn urge.
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#43. It is through repentance that the Lord Jesus Christ can work his healing miracle, infusing us with strength when we are weak, health when we are sick, hope when we are downhearted, love when we feel empty, and understanding when we search for truth.
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#44. The only way we can keep our freedom is to work at it. Not some of us. All of us. Not some of the time, but all of the time.
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#45. In my office ... I have a little sign and it says, 'Do it!' I suppose if I have learned anything in life, it is that we are to keep moving, keep trying-as long as we breathe! If we do, we will be surprised at how much more can still be done.
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#46. Man can be literally transformed by his own repentance and by God's gift of forgiveness.
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#47. Why is it that some young folks are almost overly conscientious in their school work, even to neglecting their Church responsibilities, when the spiritual should have priority in the study time of every person if preference must be given? However, there is time for fulfilling every need.
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#49. I am not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is that I will meet the Saviour and He will say, 'You could have done better'
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#50. The more we are guided by eternal considerations in our conduct, the better we will manage our mortality.
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#52. How wonderful that God should endow us with this sensitive yet strong guide we call a conscience! Someone has aptly re-marked that conscience is a celestial spark which God has put into every man for the purpose of saving his soul.
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#53. God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs.
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#55. Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.
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#56. It is a glorious privilege to be attending this, the greatest university in all the world ... take a good look and carefully analyze, and when you take the important points and sum them up, you come out with this final thought: Brigham Young University is the greatest university in the world.
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#57. How could a person possibly become what he is not thinking? Nor is any thought, when persistently entertained, too small to have its effect. The 'divinity that shapes our ends' is indeed ourselves.
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#59. Wherever women are true to their feminine natures and magnify their opportunities for loving service, they are learning to become more like God.
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#60. The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.
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#61. When a defiled man is born again, his habits are changed, his thoughts cleansed, his attitudes regenerated and elevated, his activities put in total order, and everything about him that was dirty, degenerate or reprobate is washed and made clean.
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#62. Real craftsmanship, regardless of the skill involved, reflects real caring, and real caring reflects our attitude about ourselves, about our fellowmen, and about life.
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#63. Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive. This is within the reach of every couple, every person.
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#64. Change comes by substituting good habits for less desirable ones. You mold your character and future by good thoughts and acts.
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#65. Rationalizing is the bringing of ideals down to the level of one's conduct. Repentance is the bringing of one's conduct up to the level of his ideals.
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#66. Oh, brothers and sisters, families can be forever! Do not let the lures [or the irritants] of the moment draw you away from them! Divinity, eternity, and family
they go together, hand in hand, and so must we!
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#67. I ask you, what good is a big picture window and the lavish appointments and a priceless decor in a home if there is no mother there?
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#68. Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals
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#69. Now we ask you to clean up your homes we urge each of you to dress and keep in a beautiful state the property that is in your hands.
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#70. As we give, we find that sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven, and in the end, we learn that it was no sacrifice at all.
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#71. It [masturbation] too often leads to grievous sin, even to that sin against nature, homosexuality. For, done in private, it evolves often into mutual masturbation - practiced with another person of the same sex - and thence into total homosexuality.
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#72. What relief! What comfort! What joy! Those laden with transgressions and sorrows and sin may be forgiven and cleansed and purified if they will return to their Lord, learn of him, and keep his commandments
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#73. Develop discipline of self so that you do not have to decide and re-decide what you will do when you are confronted with the same temptation time and time again. You need only decide some things once.
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#74. In true marriage there must be a union of minds as well as of hearts. Emotions must not wholly determine decisions, but the mind and the heart, strengthened by fasting and prayer and serious consideration, will give one a maximum chance of marital happiness.
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#75. The evil one knows where to attack. He is going to attack the home. He is going to destroy the family. That's what he wants to do ... Let us make up our minds he will not do it in our families
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#76. Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far reaching effects ...
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#77. To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling ... She has been placed here to help to enrich, to protect, and to guard the home
which is society's basic and most noble institution.
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#78. Goals are good. Laboring with a distant aim sets the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best.
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#79. One of the most fallacious doctrines originated by Satan and propounded by man is that man is saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation
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#80. We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.
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#81. To hold a testimony, one must bear it often and live worthy of it.
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#82. O timid one, awaken, exert yourself, draw back the curtains your training and background have hung over the windows of your soul.
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#83. Young men do not usually become inactive in the Church because they are given too many significant things to do.
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#85. When you look in the dictionary for the most important word, do you know what it is? It could be remember.Because all of you have made covenants-you know what to do and you know how to do it-our greatest need is to remember.
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#86. They who get off on tangents and ride hobby horses to death are they who become fanatic. Let them understand that they must be tolerant of others faults but never accept as justifiable their own.
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#88. Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives.
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#89. Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods.
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#90. Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved.
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#91. If joy and peace and rewards were instantaneously given the doer of good, there would be no evil-all would do good but not because of the rightness of doing good. There would be no test of strength, no development of character, no growth of powers, no free agency, only satanic controls.
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#92. We are not asking for something spectacular but rather for our sisters to find real self-fulfillment through wise self-development in the pursuit of righteous and worthy endeavors.
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#93. Brethren and sisters, the day of miracles is not passed except for those whose faith has passed.
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#94. God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.
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#95. Working toward perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one's lifetime.
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#96. Each of us has more opportunities to do good and to be good than we ever use.
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#97. Modern idols or false gods can take such forms as clothes, homes, businesses, machines, automobiles, pleasure boats, and numerous other material deflectors ...
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#98. We are greatly conscious of the fact that among the Lamanites - as well as among all peoples of other countries - we have a responsibility to see that the gospel touches their hearts and minds and that they understand it.
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#99. What are we to fear when the Lord is with us? Can we not take the Lord at his word and exercise a particle of faith in him?
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#100. Sow a thought, reap an act; Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, reap an eternal destiny.
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