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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.

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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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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The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.
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Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.
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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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To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your life.
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Each of us has more opportunities to do good and to be good than we ever use.
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Get a notebook, my young folks, a journal that will last through all time, and maybe the angels may quote from it for eternity. Begin today and write in it your goings and comings, your deepest thoughts, your achievements and your failures, your associations and your triumphs, your impressions and your testimonies.
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We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.
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We want you to be ready with your personal storehouses filled with at least a year's supply. You don't argue why it cannot be done you just plan to organize and get it done.
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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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Make certain decisions only once.
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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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It is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom. . . . So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving . . . help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow . . . from small but deliberate deeds!
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Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.
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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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Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.
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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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If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.
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In my office...I have a little sign and it says, 'Do it!' I suppose if I have learned anything in life, it is that we are to keep moving, keep trying-as long as we breathe! If we do, we will be surprised at how much more can still be done.
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