Spencer W. Kimball Short Quotes

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Racial prejudice is of ignorance. There is no place for it...

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

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

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

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

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If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.

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

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The difficulties and hazards of marriage are greatly increased where backgrounds are different

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The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.

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We know so little. Our judgment is so limited. We judge the Lord's ways from our own narrow view.

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

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Always keep good company. Never waste an hour with anyone who doesn't lift you up and encourage you.

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Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or both parties to a marriage contract.

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Leadership is the ability to encourage the best efforts of others in working toward a desirable goal.

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

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Young men do not usually become inactive in the Church because they are given too many significant things to do.

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

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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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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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The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul.

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One of Satan's sharpest tools is alcohol, for it blinds and deafens, numbs and manacles, impoverishes and maims, and kills unfortunate victims.

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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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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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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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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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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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We ought to encourage our children to know their relatives. We need to talk of them, make effort to correspond with them, visit them, join family organizations, etc.

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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 already become pride-the antithesis of humility.

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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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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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