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People must be changed...goodness cannot be legislated.

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
Goodness
Changed
Cannot
Must
People
Legislated
Honesty

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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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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.
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There is no doubt that the life one leads, and the thoughts one thinks are registered plainly in his face.
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The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls.
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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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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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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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Young men do not usually become inactive in the Church because they are given too many significant things to do.
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Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.
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The burning bushes, the smoking mountains, . . . the Cumorahs, and the Kirtlands were realities but they were the exceptions. . . . Always expecting the spectacular, many will miss entirely the constant flow of revealed communication.
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Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far reaching effects.
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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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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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Do not make small goals because they do not have the magic to stir men's souls.
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It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto.
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The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.
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If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.
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You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in any other life. There may be a flash of illumination here and a story of faithfulness there you should truthfully record your real self and not what other people may see in you.
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