Leadership is the ability to encourage the best efforts of others in working toward a desirable goal. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership.… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share
The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“Church leaders are not able, each time we teach you, to offer a new or more glamorous route that will lead back… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
My plea therefore is this: Let us get our instruments tightly strung and our melodies sweetly sung. Let us not die with our music… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
We have a commitment to serve our Lord. We have an assurance that the cause is just and worthy. But, above all, we have a knowledge that God lives and is in His Heavens and that His Son Jesus Christ has laid out a plan for us which will bring us and our loved ones eternal life if we are… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share
Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“Henry Ward Beecher expressed the thought this way: "I can forgive but I cannot forget is another way of saying I cannot forgive.” — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“While addressing the Saints from this pulpit in 1948, the late President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., spoke concerning having a prophet and a listening ear. He had read a pamphlet stating, "We need a prophet." In answer he said, "No, we have had modern-day prophets for more than a hundred years, and they have given us the word of the… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share
“There may be some who would disregard [the family] and ignore the important things, yet we feel that almost everyone who stops to think of this and weigh it will conclude that when the home is destroyed, the nation goes to pieces. There can be no question about this, and all historians or those who have followed a historical line… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share
Jesus perfected his life and became our Christ. Priceless blood of a god was shed, and he became our Savior; his perfected life was… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your life. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Life gives to all the choice. You can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish. You can be common, ordinary, dull, colorless, or yyou… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
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