In the kingdom, the greater our responsibilities, the greater is our need to see ourselves as servants. Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes by Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes From Spencer W. Kimball 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 Spencer W. Kimball perspectiveproblemdeeds Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with commands and promises and calls and rewards for teach the gospel. I use the word command deliberately for it seems to be an insistent directive from which we, singly and collectively, cannot escape...I wonder if we are doing all we can. Are we complacent in our approach to teaching all the world? We have been proselyting now 144 years. Are we prepared to lengthen our stride? To enlarge our vision? Spencer W. Kimball teachinggivingyears How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever? Spencer W. Kimball lovelongchildren Make certain decisions only once . . . We can make a single decision about certain things that we will incorporate in our lives and then make them ours - without having to brood and re-decide a hundred times what it is we will do and what we will not do. Spencer W. Kimball certainhundreddecision We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat. Spencer W. Kimball stridefatsthanksgiving The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. Spencer W. Kimball substancesoulway 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? Spencer W. Kimball importantchoicesmind Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. Spencer W. Kimball programsurvivalway As Latter-day Saints we must ever be vigilant. The way for each person and each family to guard against the slings and arrows of the Adversary and to prepare for the great day of the Lord is to hold fast to the iron rod, to exercise greater faith, to repent of our sins and shortcomings, and to be anxiously engaged in the work of His kingdom on earth, which is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Herein lies the only true happiness for all our Father's children. Spencer W. Kimball lyingchildrenjesus Your life is your own, to develop or to destroy. You can blame others little and yourself almost totally if that life is not a productive, worthy, full, and abundant one. Spencer W. Kimball blamelife-islittles I promise that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us and as our posterity reads of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted. Spencer W. Kimball inspirationmemorieschildren We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said,” Say nothing but repentance unto this generation; The adversary is subtle, cunning, he knows that he cannot induce good men and women immediately to do major evils so he moves slyly, whispering half truths until he has his intended victims following him finally he clamps his chains upon them and fetters them tight, and then he laughs at their discomfiture and their misery. Spencer W. Kimball apologymenmoving Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery. Spencer W. Kimball adversityselflong The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance. Spencer W. Kimball preventiontemptationway We have a commitment to serve our Lord. We have an assurance that the cause is just and worthy. But, above all, we have a knowledge that God lives and is in His Heavens and that His Son Jesus Christ has laid out a plan for us which will bring us and our loved ones eternal life if we are faithful. That life will be a busy, purposeful life with accomplishments and joys and development. Spencer W. Kimball commitmentsonjesus Develop discipline of self so that you do not have to decide and re-decide what you will do when you are confronted with the same temptation time and time again. You need only decide some things once. Spencer W. Kimball disciplinechoicesself One of the most fallacious doctrines originated by Satan and propounded by man is that man is saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation Spencer W. Kimball gracemenjesus If we live in such a way that the considerations of eternity press upon us, we will make better decisions. Spencer W. Kimball eternitydecisionway 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. Spencer W. Kimball life-changingpeopleinteresting 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. Spencer W. Kimball divinityshapesthinking
