Top 150 Spencer W. Kimball Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.”

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2. “Love people, not things; use things, not people.”

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3. “Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.”

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4. “Learn all you can. Growth comes from setting your goals high and reaching for the stars.”

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

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6. “God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.”

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7. “We learn to do by doing.”

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8. “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!”

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9. “The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.”

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10. “Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.”

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11. “The time will come when only those who believe deeply and actively in the family will be able to preserve their families in the midst of the gathering evil around us.”

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12. “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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13. “My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.”

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14. “Humility is royalty without a crown.”

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15. “Sin is the result of deep and unmet needs.”

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16. “Always keep good company. Never waste an hour with anyone who doesn’t lift you up and encourage you.”

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17. “Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character.”

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18. “Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals.”

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19. “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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20. “Do not make small goals because they do not have the magic to stir men’s souls.”

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21. “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.”

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22. “If you have not done so yet, decide to decide.”

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23. “Only when you lift a burden, God will lift your burden. Divine paradox this! The man who staggers and falls because his burden is too great can lighten that burden by taking on the weight of another’s burden. You get by giving, but your part of giving must be given first.”

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24. “Do it.”

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25. “The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.”

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26. “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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27. “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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28. “To be mediocre, when only application and diligence would have netted superiority, is an error akin to sin.”

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29. “Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.”

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30. “Home: The place to save society.”

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31. “Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. We could refer to all the components of personal and family preparedness, not in relation to holocaust or disaster, but in cultivating a life-style that is on a day-to-day basis its own reward.”

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32. “Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved.”

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33. “We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.”

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34. “We need to help those we seek to serve, to know for themselves that God not only loves them, but He is ever mindful of them and of their needs.”

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35. “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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36. “We should be involved in quiet acts of selfless service.”

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

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38. “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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39. “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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40. “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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41. “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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42. “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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43. “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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44. “Make certain decisions only once.”

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45. “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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46. “Each of us has more opportunities to do good and to be good than we ever use.”

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47. “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.”

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48. “It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That’s our motto.”

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49. “When one becomes conscious of his great humility, he has already lost it. When one begins boasting of his humility, it has already become pride-the antithesis of humility.”

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50. “If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.”

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