Spencer W. Kimball

(1895–1985) Prophet

278 quotes in 1425 categories

Spencer W. Kimball’s 278 quotations echo his pastoral warmth and doctrinal clarity. Readers will find a blend of comforting counsel and firm conviction that marked his guidance.

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Spencer W. Kimball was a prophet, best known for The miracle of forgiveness.

Quick Facts About Spencer W. Kimball

Born: March 28, 1895
Died: November 5, 1985
Profession: Prophet
Notable works: The miracle of forgiveness

About Spencer W. Kimball

Spencer Woolley Kimball was an American religious leader who was the twelfth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Spencer W. Kimball

Make certain decisions only once.

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Certain

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My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.

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Life

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True repentance does not permit repetition.

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Doe

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Sin is the result of deep and unmet needs.

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Deep

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Home: The place to save society.

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Community

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We learn to do by doing.

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Doing

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We are on the whole an idolatrous people.

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Idols

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Lengthen your stride/go the extra mile

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Extra mile

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Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.

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Beautiful

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We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.

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Fats

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Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods.

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Goods

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Great women and men are always more anxious to serve than to have dominion.

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Anxious

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It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto.

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Achievement

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Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.

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Adversity

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Do not pray to marry the one that you love, but to love the one that you marry.

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Inspirational

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“Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men's souls.”

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Souls

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“We must eliminate the individual tendency to selfishness that snares the soul, shrinks the heart, and darkens the mind.”

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Psychology

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We ought to encourage our children to know their relatives. We need to talk of them, make effort to correspond with them,…

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Children

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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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Commandments

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As we give, we find that sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven, and in the end, we learn that it was…

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Blessing

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Time cannot be recycled. When a moment has gone, it is really gone. Wise time management is really wise management of ourselves.

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Gone

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“Always remember that if this were not the Lord's work, the adversary would not pay attention to us.”

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Adversary

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When one becomes conscious of his great humility, he has already lost it. When one begins boasting of his humility, it has…

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Antithesis

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Home life, home teaching, parental guidance is the panacea for all the ailments, a cure for all diseases, a remedy for all…

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Ailments

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The burning bushes, the smoking mountains, . . . the Cumorahs, and the Kirtlands were realities; but they were the exceptions. .…

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Burning

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Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far-reaching effects...It affects not only the two people…

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Children

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Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. We could refer to all the components of…

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Bases

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Develop discipline of self so that you do not have to decide and re-decide what you will do when you are confronted…

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Choices

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Man is naturally a religious being. His heart instinctively seeks for God whether he reverences the sacred cow or prays to the…

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Cows

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In true marriage there must be a union of minds as well as of hearts. Emotions must not wholly determine decisions, but…

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Chance

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“Modern scientific findings harmonize with revelation through the ages. No conflict exists between the gospel and any truth … All true principles…

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Lds

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It is not easy to be at peace in today’s troubled world. Necessarily peace is a personal acquisition. … It can be…

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Acquisition

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We have a commitment to serve our Lord. We have an assurance that the cause is just and worthy. But, above all,…

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Accomplishment

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“This restoration was preceded by a long period of preparation. The Pilgrims and other Europeans were inspired to find this American haven…

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Pilgrims

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Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous…

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Anxious

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Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.”…

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Behinds

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We do believe in setting goals. We live by goals. In athletics we always have a goal. When we go to school,…

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Aim

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No matter what you read or hear, no matter what the difference of circumstances you observe in the lives of women about…

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Children

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“Much is being said of deep crime which darkens heaven's windows. We shudder at immoralities which terrify us. We nearly panic at…

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Broken home

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“It's not possible that the problems of this world be resolved by the pesimists and sceptics whose horizons are guided by the…

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Men and women

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Spencer W. Kimball by topic

Life (32) Time (27) Lord (27) Inspirational (26) Men (25) Way (24) Ifs (21) Children (20) Religion (17) Love (17) Giving (17) Should (16) Needs (16) Family (16) World (15)