Top 150 Spencer W. Kimball Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

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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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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!”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

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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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

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13. “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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

19. “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

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

21. “Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

22. “Do it.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

24. “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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

27. “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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28. “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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29. “To be mediocre, when only application and diligence would have netted superiority, is an error akin to sin.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

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

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

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33. “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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

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40. “You women are daughters of God. You are precious. You are made in the image of our Heavenly Mother.”

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41. “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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42. “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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43. “Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive. This is within the reach of every couple, every person.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

— Spencer W. Kimball

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

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47. “Make certain decisions only once.”

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48. “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.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

49. “True repentance does not permit repetition.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

50. “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