Spencer W. Kimball famous quotes

We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said,” Say nothing but repentance unto this generation; The adversary is subtle, cunning, he knows that he cannot induce good men and women immediately to do major evils so he moves slyly, whispering half truths until he has his intended victims following him finally he clamps his chains upon them and fetters them tight, and then he laughs at their discomfiture and their misery.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Moving #Apology #Men

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.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Moving #Procrastination #Office

God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Inspiring #Needs #Doe

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!
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Brother #Hands #Forever

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.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Scripture

Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Beautiful #Dream #Dreams Come True

We don't go to Sabbath meetings to be entertained or even solely to be instructed. We go to worship the Lord. It is an individual responsibility, and regardless of what is said from the pulpit, if one wishes to worship the Lord in spirit and truth, he may do so by attending his meetings, partaking of the sacrament, and contemplating the beauties of the gospel If the service is a failure to you, you have failed. No one can worship for you. You must do your own waiting upon the Lord.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Responsibility #Waiting #Wish

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
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Joy #Sorrow #May

The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve others. We become more substantive as we serve others—indeed, it is easier to “find” ourselves because there is so much more of us to find!
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Soul #Substance #Way

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.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Giving #Choices #Wish

Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Feet #Hands #Miracle

What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved? Some of what you write may be humdrum dates and places, but there will also be rich passages that will be quoted by your posterity.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Children #Fall #Recovery

To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her comes the responsibility and opportunity of molding the nation's citizens.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Mom #Mother #Responsibility

Working toward perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one's lifetime.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Perfection #Decision #Lifetime

There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say to the Lord, humbly, 'Give me this MOUNTAIN,' give me these challenges.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Opportunity #Giving #Challenges

We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Music #Soul #Musician

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
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Depressing #Self Esteem #Views

We must not falter nor weary in well-doing. We must lengthen our stride. Not only is our own eternal welfare at stake, but also the eternal welfare of many of our brothers and sisters who are not now members of this, the true Church. I thrill to the words of the Prophet Joseph Smith in a letter that he sent to the Church from Nauvoo on September 6, 1842: 'Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward. … Courage … and on, on to the victory!
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Brother #Lds #Victory

Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Stress #Goal #Achievement

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Survival #Way #Preparedness

We learn to do by doing.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Inspirational #Students

Do not pray to marry the one that you love, but to love the one that you marry.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Marriage #Praying

I believe that the telephone and telegraph and other such conveniences were permitted by the Lord to be developed for the express purpose of building the kingdom. Others may use them for business, professional or other purposes, but basically they are to build the kingdom.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Believe #Technology #Purpose

One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to earth consciously to obtain their schooling, their training and development, and to perfect themselves, but many have allowed themselves to be diverted and have become . . . addicts to mental and spiritual indolence and to the pursuit of worldly pleasure.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Spiritual #Procrastination #Responsibility

If you could only see the vision I have. I wish I had your bodies to do this work. I would run from house to house telling everyone of the gospel, and after I lost strength to run I would begin to walk, and after I collapsed from walking, I would begin to crawl, and after my knees were so bloody that I could not use them I would use my arms to drag myself, and once my muscle in my body was gone I would begin to yell…oh, only if you could see the vision as I have.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Running #House #Vision

No father, no son, no mother, no daughter should get so busy that he or she does not have time to study the scriptures and the words of modern prophets. None of us should get so busy that we crowd out contemplation and praying. None of us should become so busy in our formal Church assignments that there is no room left for quiet Christian service to our neighbors.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Christian #Daughter #Mother

I am comforted by the assurance that there will be beautiful music in heaven, and for that I am most grateful.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Music #Beautiful #Grateful

Waste is unjustified, and especially the waste of time limited as that commodity is in our days of probation. One must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Waste #Wasting Time #Commodity

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. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Leadership #Jesus #Distance

Many couples permit their marriages to become stale and their love to grow cold like old bread or worn-out jokes or cold gravy. These people will do well to reevaluate, to renew their courting, to express their affection, to acknowledge kindness, and to increase their consideration so their marriage again can become beautiful, sweet, and growing. While marriage is difficult, and discordant and frustrated marriages are common, yet real, lasting happiness is possible, and marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Beautiful #Sweet #Couple

Let us remember, too, that greatness is not always a matter of the scale of one’s life, but of the quality of one’s life. True greatness is not always tied to the scope of our tasks, but to the quality of how we carry out our tasks whatever they are. In that attitude, let us give our time, ourselves, and our talents to the things that really matter now, things which will still matter a thousand years from now.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Attitude #Greatness #Years

Music can act upon our senses to produce or induce feelings of reverence, humility, fervor, assurance, or other feelings attuned to the spirit of worship.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Music #Humility #Feelings

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.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Home #Noble #Calling

Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Children #Eternity #Memoir

I promise that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us and as our posterity reads of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Children #Memories #Inspiration

Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Effort #Brain #Profanity

Humility is royalty without a crown.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Humility #Crowns #Royalty

We must remember that those mortals we meet in parking lots, offices, elevators, and elsewhere are that portion of mankind God has given us to love and to serve. It will do us little good to speak of the general brotherhood of mankind if we cannot regard those who are all around us as our brothers and sisters.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Brother #Office #Littles

Soul mates' are fiction and an illusion; and while every young man and young woman will seek with all diligence and prayerfulness to find a mate with whom life can be most compatible and beautiful, yet it is certain that almost any good man and any good woman can have happiness and a successful marriage if both are willing to pay the price.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Marriage #Beautiful #Successful

If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Decision #Way #Eternity

We must be trained to clarify minds, heal broken hearts, and create homes where sunshine will make an environment in which mental and spiritual health may be nurtured. Our schooling must not only teach us how to bridge the Niagara River gorge, or the Golden Gate, but must teach us how to bridge the deep gaps of misunderstanding and hate and discord in the world.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Spiritual #Hate #Home

A true Latter–day Saint family is a haven against the storms and struggles of life.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Struggle #Storm #Saint

[Humility is:] Greatness in plain clothes
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Humility #Greatness #Clothes

You women are daughters of God. You are precious. You are made in the image of our Heavenly Mother.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Uplifting #Mother #Daughter

Wherever women are true to their feminine natures and magnify their opportunities for loving service, they are learning to become more like God.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Uplifting #Opportunity #Feminine

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

#Thanksgiving #Fats #Feels

Goals should always be made to a point that will make us reach and strain.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Goal #Made #Should

It would be a fine thing if ... parents would have in every bedroom in their house a picture of the temple so [their children] from the time [they are] infant[s] could look at the picture every day [until] it becomes a part of [their lives]. When [they reach] the age that [they need] to make [the] very important decision [concerning going to the temple], it will have already been made.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Children #House #Decision

Make certain decisions only once . . . We can make a single decision about certain things that we will incorporate in our lives and then make them ours - without having to brood and re-decide a hundred times what it is we will do and what we will not do.
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Decision #Certain #Hundred

One of the most important and rewarding ways in which we can serve our fellowmen is by living and sharing the principles of the gospel. We need to help those whom we seek to serve to know for themselves that God not only loves them but he is ever mindful of them and their needs. To teach our neighbors of the divinity of the gospel is a command reiterated by the Lord: 'It becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor' (D&C 88:81).
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Men #Important #Needs

Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with commands and promises and calls and rewards for teach the gospel. I use the word command deliberately for it seems to be an insistent directive from which we, singly and collectively, cannot escape...I wonder if we are doing all we can. Are we complacent in our approach to teaching all the world? We have been proselyting now 144 years. Are we prepared to lengthen our stride? To enlarge our vision?
-- Spencer W. Kimball

#Teaching #Years #Giving