Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity. Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes by Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes From Spencer W. Kimball Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods. Spencer W. Kimball mind joy happiness We are, on the whole, an idolatrous people... Spencer W. Kimball whole idols people Now we ask you to clean up your homes we urge each of you to dress and keep in a beautiful state the property that is in your hands. Spencer W. Kimball home beautiful hands Above all, I declare that Jesus Christ is the center of our faith; I testify to you that he lives. He leads his Church today; he hears our prayers when we humbly, earnestly, unceasingly seek to know his will, making this, too, a day of miracles and of revelation. Spencer W. Kimball church-today prayer jesus Young men do not usually become inactive in the Church because they are given too many significant things to do. Spencer W. Kimball significant-things church men There is never a day in any mans life when repentance is not essential to his well being in eternal progress. Spencer W. Kimball repentance progress essentials If joy and peace and rewards were instantaneously given the doer of good, there would be no evil-all would do good but not because of the rightness of doing good. There would be no test of strength, no development of character, no growth of powers, no free agency, only satanic controls. Spencer W. Kimball agency evil character To hold a testimony, one must bear it often and live worthy of it. Spencer W. Kimball testimony worthy bears The more we are guided by eternal considerations in our conduct, the better we will manage our mortality. Spencer W. Kimball consideration mortality eternal A doctrine-teaching, character-building university, the Brigham Young University is dedicated to the building of character and faith, for character is higher than intellect . . . . We are men of God first, men of letters second, men of science third, and noted men fourth, men of rectitude rather than academic competence. . . . Our academic training must be as impeccable as our lives. Spencer W. Kimball teaching character men Humility is the beginning virtue of all exaltation. Spencer W. Kimball exaltation virtue humility Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives. Spencer W. Kimball land honor law I believe in goals, but I believe that the individual should set his own. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way. Spencer W. Kimball new-year happy believe 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 Spencer W. Kimball marriage two children 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? Spencer W. Kimball particles lord exercise Learn all you can. Growth comes from setting your goals high and reaching for the stars. Spencer W. Kimball stars goal education O timid one, awaken, exert yourself, draw back the curtains your training and background have hung over the windows of your soul. Spencer W. Kimball training soul window Goals are good. Laboring with a distant aim sets the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best. Spencer W. Kimball generosity keys goal Many good people, being influenced by the bold spirit of the times, are now seeking surgery for the wife or the husband so they may avoid pregnancies and comply with the strident voice demanding a reduction of children. It was never easy to bear and rear children, but easy things do not make for growth and development. But loud, blatant voices today shout 'fewer children' and offer the Pill, drugs, surgery, and even ugly abortion to accomplish that. Strange the proponents of depopulating the world seem never to have thought of continence! Spencer W. Kimball husband pregnancy children Impoverished is the life fenced in with few friends Spencer W. Kimball few-friends friendship
