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If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.

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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Mercy

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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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One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now.
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Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or both parties to a marriage contract.
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Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far-reaching effects...It affects not only the two people involved, but also their families and particularly their children and their children's children down through the many generations
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What relief! What comfort! What joy! Those laden with transgressions and sorrows and sin may be forgiven and cleansed and purified if they will return to their Lord, learn of him, and keep his commandments
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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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What are we to fear when the Lord is with us? Can we not take the Lord at his word and exercise a particle of faith in him?
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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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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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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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Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.
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I am comforted by the assurance that there will be beautiful music in heaven, and for that I am most grateful.
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There is never a day in any mans life when repentance is not essential to his well being in eternal progress.
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If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.
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Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.
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Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods.
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The only way we can keep our freedom is to work at it. Not some of us. All of us. Not some of the time, but all of the time. So if you value your citizenship and you want to keep it for yourself and your children and their children, give it your faith, your belief, and give it your active support in civic affairs.
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Make certain decisions only once.
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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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We must remember that those mortals we meet in parking lots, offices, elevators, and elsewhere are that portion of mankind God has given us to love and to serve. It will do us little good to speak of the general brotherhood of mankind if we cannot regard those who are all around us as our brothers and sisters.
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