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. Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes by Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes From Spencer W. Kimball I am not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is that I will meet the Saviour and He will say, 'You could have done better' Spencer W. Kimball afraid-of-death not-afraid done Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity. Spencer W. Kimball memoir eternity children No father, no son, no mother, no daughter should get so busy that he or she does not have time to study the scriptures and the words of modern prophets. None of us should get so busy that we crowd out contemplation and praying. None of us should become so busy in our formal Church assignments that there is no room left for quiet Christian service to our neighbors. Spencer W. Kimball daughter christian mother When you look in the dictionary for the most important word, do you know what it is? It could be remember.Because all of you have made covenants-you know what to do and you know how to do it-our greatest need is to remember. Spencer W. Kimball important looks needs Let us remember, too, that greatness is not always a matter of the scale of one’s life, but of the quality of one’s life. True greatness is not always tied to the scope of our tasks, but to the quality of how we carry out our tasks whatever they are. In that attitude, let us give our time, ourselves, and our talents to the things that really matter now, things which will still matter a thousand years from now. Spencer W. Kimball greatness attitude years The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power. Spencer W. Kimball irritation quests gains Oh, brothers and sisters, families can be forever! Do not let the lures [or the irritants] of the moment draw you away from them! Divinity, eternity, and family--they go together, hand in hand, and so must we! Spencer W. Kimball brother forever hands I am convinced that each of us, at some time in our lives, must discover the scriptures for ourselves—and not just discover them once, but rediscover them again and again. Spencer W. Kimball again-and-again our-lives scripture Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals Spencer W. Kimball achievement stress goal Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul. Spencer W. Kimball garden land soul Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song. Spencer W. Kimball singing music song My plea therefore is this: Let us get our instruments tightly strung and our melodies sweetly sung. Let us not die with our music still in us. Let us rather use this precious mortal probation to move confidently and gloriously upward toward the eternal life which God our Father gives to those who keep his commandments. Spencer W. Kimball giving father moving The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve others. We become more substantive as we serve others—indeed, it is easier to “find” ourselves because there is so much more of us to find! Spencer W. Kimball substance soul way 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. Spencer W. Kimball mom responsibility mother It is in the doing that the real blessing comes. Do it! That's our motto. Spencer W. Kimball achievement real blessing Real craftsmanship, regardless of the skill involved, reflects real caring, and real caring reflects our attitude about ourselves, about our fellowmen, and about life. Spencer W. Kimball caring real attitude I beg of you, you who could and should be bearing and rearing a family: Wives, come home from the typewriter, the laundry, the nursing, come home from the factory, the cafe. No career approaches in importance that of wife, homemaker, mother -- cooking meals, washing dishes, making beds for one's precious husband and children. Come home, wives, to your husbands. Make home a heaven for them. Come home, wives, to your children, born and unborn. Wrap the motherly cloak about you and, unembarrassed, help in a major role to create the bodies for the immortal souls who anxiously await. Spencer W. Kimball husband mother children My life is like my shoes, worn out by service. Spencer W. Kimball worn shoes life-is-like Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved. Spencer W. Kimball miracle feet hands 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 perspective problem deeds
