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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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By one means or another, the swiftest method of rejection of the holy prophets has been to find a pretext, however false or absurd, to dismiss the man so that his message could also be dismissed.
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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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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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Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.
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If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.
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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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One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now.
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Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.
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It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto.
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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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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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Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.
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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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The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.
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It is not easy to be at peace in today’s troubled world. Necessarily peace is a personal acquisition. … It can be attained only through maintaining constantly a repentant attitude, seeking forgiveness of sins both large and small, and thus coming ever closer to God.
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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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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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Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.
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You women are daughters of God. You are precious. You are made in the image of our Heavenly Mother.
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