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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
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now.
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The more we are guided by eternal considerations in our conduct, the better we will manage our mortality.
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And you fathers, are you so busy making a living, playing golf, bowling, hunting, that you do not have time to talk to your boys and hold them close to you and win their confidence? Or do you brush them off, so that they dare not come and talk about these things with you?
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Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character.
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We are not measured by the trials we meet -- only by those we overcome.
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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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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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Humility is the beginning virtue of all exaltation.
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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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Only when you lift a burden, God will lift your burden. Divine paradox this! The man who staggers and falls because his burden is too great can lighten that burden by taking on the weight of another's burden. You get by giving, but your part of giving must be given first.
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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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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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We are, on the whole, an idolatrous people...
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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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The nation is built upon the foundation of its homes and the home upon its families.
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Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.
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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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To be mediocre, when only application and diligence would have netted superiority, is an error akin to sin.
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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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Do not make small goals because they do not have the magic to stir men's souls.
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