Top 150 Spencer W. Kimball Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “And you fathers, are you so busy making a living, playing golf, bowling, hunting, that you do not have time to talk to your boys and hold them close to you and win their confidence? Or do you brush them off, so that they dare not come and talk about these things with you?”

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102. “Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far reaching effects...”

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103. “I personally regard all of the houses of the Lord as the work of Jehovah, initiated by him, built by him, designed by him, and dedicated to him and his program.”

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104. “No amount of rationalizing can change God’s laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.”

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105. “There is nothing unholy or degrading about sexuality in itself, for by that means men and women join in a process of creation and in an expression of love.”

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106. “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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107. “I am comforted by the assurance that there will be beautiful music in heaven, and for that I am most grateful.”

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108. “The nation is built upon the foundation of its homes and the home upon its families.”

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109. “There is no doubt that the life one leads, and the thoughts one thinks are registered plainly in his face.”

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110. “One can hardly help another to the top of the hill without climbing there himself.”

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111. “We are greatly conscious of the fact that among the Lamanites – as well as among all peoples of other countries – we have a responsibility to see that the gospel touches their hearts and minds and that they understand it.”

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112. “Wherever women are true to their feminine natures and magnify their opportunities for loving service, they are learning to become more like God.”

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113. “Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity.”

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114. “When a defiled man is born again, his habits are changed, his thoughts cleansed, his attitudes regenerated and elevated, his activities put in total order, and everything about him that was dirty, degenerate or reprobate is washed and made clean.”

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115. “We pray for a generation of girls who will display their wit, their intelligence, their modest charm, their integrity, their loveliness rather than their bodies and their sexual possibilities.”

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116. “It frequently happens that offenses are committed when the offender is not aware of it. Something he has said or done is misconstrued or misunderstood. The offended one treasures in his heart the offense, adding to it such other things as might give fuel to the fire and justify his conclusions...”

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117. “We have always understood that the foundations of the family, as an eternal unit, were laid even before this earth was created! Society without basic family life is without foundation and will disintegrate into nothingness.”

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118. “How could a person possibly become what he is not thinking? Nor is any thought, when persistently entertained, too small to have its effect. The ‘divinity that shapes our ends’ is indeed ourselves.”

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119. “Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely.”

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120. “It is not so much what we know that is important, as what we are and what we do.”

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121. “How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?”

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122. “Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use foul language. We do not curse or defame. We do not use the Lord’s name in vain. It is not difficult to become perfect in avoiding a swearing habit, for if one locks his mouth against all words of cursing,... he is en route to perfection in that matter.”

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123. “Man is naturally a religious being. His heart instinctively seeks for God whether he reverences the sacred cow or prays to the sun or moon; whether he kneels before wood and stone images, or prays in secret to his Heavenly Father, he is satisfying an inborn urge.”

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124. “Impoverished is the life fenced in with few friends.”

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125. “The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not change the nature nor the seriousness of the practice. This woe is pronounced upon those who would pervert standards of mortality and decency. They seek man’s approval of that which God had condemned. They have been successful in getting legislation passed to make such perversion legal and acceptable by society.”

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126. “They who get off on tangents and ride hobby horses to death are they who become fanatic. Let them understand that they must be tolerant of others faults but never accept as justifiable their own.”

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127. “Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives.”

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128. “I ask you, what good is a big picture window and the lavish appointments and a priceless decor in a home if there is no mother there?”

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129. “One of the best ways to celebrate righteous history is to make more of it, make more righteous history!”

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130. “If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions.”

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131. “Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment.”

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132. “Language is like music; we rejoice in beauty, range, and quality in both, and we are demeaned by the repetition of a few sour notes.”

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133. “The gift of the Holy Ghost grows with worthiness. If you are baptized when you are eight years old, of course you are a child, and there is much you would not be expected to know. But the Holy Ghost comes to you as you grow and learn and make yourselves worthy. It comes a little at a time as you merit it. And as your life is in harmony, you gradually receive the Holy Ghost in a great measure.”

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134. “Women who have a deep appreciation for the past will be concerned about shaping a righteous future.”

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135. “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.”

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136. “No government may remain strong by ignoring the commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai.”

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137. “Henry Ward Beecher expressed the thought this way: “I can forgive but I cannot forget is another way of saying I cannot forgive.”

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138. “We know so little. Our judgment is so limited. We judge the Lord’s ways from our own narrow view.”

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139. “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.”

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140. “What are we to fear when the Lord is with us? Can we not take the Lord at his word and exercise a particle of faith in him?”

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141. “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.”

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142. “Man can be literally transformed by his own repentance and by God’s gift of forgiveness.”

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143. “Why is it that some young folks are almost overly conscientious in their school work, even to neglecting their Church responsibilities, when the spiritual should have priority in the study time of every person if preference must be given? However, there is time for fulfilling every need.”

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144. “By one means or another, the swiftest method of rejection of the holy prophets has been to find a pretext, however false or absurd, to dismiss the man so that his message could also be dismissed.”

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145. “Sin comes when communication lines are down – it always does, sooner or later.”

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146. “In the kingdom, the greater our responsibilities, the greater is our need to see ourselves as servants.”

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147. “The abundant life begins from within and then moves outward to other individuals. If there is richness and righteousness in us, then we can make a difference in the lives of others, just as key individuals have influenced the lives of each of us for good and made us richer than we otherwise would have been.”

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148. “He who cannot learn by others’ mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool.”

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149. “Sometimes our celebrations of notable occurrences seem to take on earthly color, and we do not fully realize the significance of the reason for the celebration. This is true of Christmas, when too often we celebrate the holiday rather than the deep significance of the birth and resurrection of the Lord. They must be unhappy indeed who ignore the godship of Christ, the sonship of the Master.”

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150. “Goals should always be made to a point that will make us reach and strain.”

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