Spencer W. Kimball Quotes

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

Humility is royalty without a crown.

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.

Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.

Real craftsmanship, regardless of the skill involved, reflects real caring, and real caring reflects our attitude about ourselves, about our fellowmen, and about life.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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'

We are not measured by the trials we meet -- only by those we overcome.

Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.

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

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.

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

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

Man must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.

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

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

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

[Humility is:] Greatness in plain clothes

The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

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.

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

Your life is your own, to develop or to destroy. You can blame others little and yourself almost totally if that life is not a productive, worthy, full, and abundant one.

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

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

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

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

True repentance does not permit repetition.

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

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

It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto.

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.

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

We learn to do by doing.

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

One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now.

There isn't anything else more important than taking the gospel to the world.

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

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

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

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

Do not pray to marry the one that you love, but to love the one that you marry.

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?

Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.

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