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

Spencer W. Kimball

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Spencer W. Kimball
Age: 90 †
Born: 1895
Born: March 28
Died: 1985
Died: November 5
Businessperson
Prophet
Salt Lake City
Utah
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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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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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Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.
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Do not pray to marry the one that you love, but to love the one that you marry.
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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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The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.
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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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To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your 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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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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My plea therefore is this: Let us get our instruments tightly strung and our melodies sweetly sung. Let us not die with our music still in us. Let us rather use this precious mortal probation to move confidently and gloriously upward toward the eternal life which God our Father gives to those who keep his commandments.
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If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.
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The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of himself and causes deep resentment
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Racial prejudice is of ignorance. There is no place for it.
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Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment.
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To be mediocre, when only application and diligence would have netted superiority, is an error akin to sin.
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Procrastination-thou wretched thief of time and opportunity!
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I have learned that it is by serving that we learn how to serve. When we engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them but we put our own problems in fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves
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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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If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions.
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