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Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment.

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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Attainment
Reaching
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I personally regard all of the houses of the Lord as the work of Jehovah, initiated by him, built by him, designed by him, and dedicated to him and his program.
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My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.
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Man must live, not only exist he must do, not merely be he must grow, not just vegetate.
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There isn't anything else more important than taking the gospel to the world.
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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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To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her comes the responsibility and opportunity of molding the nation's citizens.
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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.
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If I immerse myself in the scriptures...I find myself loving more intensely those whom I must love with all my heart and mind and strength, and loving them more. I find it easier to abide their counsel.
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We are not measured by the trials we meet -- only by those we overcome.
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Destroy the seed and the plant will never grow. Man alone, of all creatures of earth, can change his thought pattern and become the architect of his destiny.
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We are greatly conscious of the fact that among the Lamanites - as well as among all peoples of other countries - we have a responsibility to see that the gospel touches their hearts and minds and that they understand it.
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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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Racial prejudice is of ignorance. There is no place for it.
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Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods.
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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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Your own private journal should record the way you face up to challenges that beset you. Do not suppose life changes so much that your experiences will not be interesting to your posterity. Experiences of work, relations with people, and an awareness of the rightness and wrongness of actions will always be relevant.
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A dozen times a day we come to a fork in the road and must decide which way we will go. It is important to get our ultimate objectives clearly in mind so that we do not become distracted at each fork in the road by the irrelevant questions: Which is the easier or more pleasant way? Or, Which way are others going?
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