Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment. Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes by Spencer W. Kimball More Quotes From Spencer W. Kimball 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. Spencer W. Kimball destiny earth men They who get off on tangents and ride hobby horses to death are they who become fanatic. Let them understand that they must be tolerant of others faults but never accept as justifiable their own. Spencer W. Kimball hobbies horse faults We need to help those we seek to serve, to know for themselves that God not only loves them, but He is ever mindful of them and of their needs. Spencer W. Kimball only-love helping needs We note the increasing coarseness of language and understand how Lot must have felt when he was, according to Peter, "vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked." (2 Peter2:7.) We wonder why those of coarse and profane conversation, even if they refuse obedience to God's will, are so stunted mentally that they let their capacity to communicate grow more and more narrow. Language is like music; we rejoice in beauty, range, and quality in both, and we are demeaned by the repetition of a few sour notes. Spencer W. Kimball wicked quality language Language is like music; we rejoice in beauty, range, and quality in both, and we are demeaned by the repetition of a few sour notes. Spencer W. Kimball range quality language Procrastination-thou wretched thief of time and opportunity! Spencer W. Kimball thieves procrastination opportunity Racial prejudice is of ignorance. There is no place for it. Spencer W. Kimball racial-prejudice prejudice ignorance Time cannot be recycled. When a moment has gone, it is really gone. Wise time management is really wise management of ourselves. Spencer W. Kimball wise gone time In true marriage there must be a union of minds as well as of hearts. Emotions must not wholly determine decisions, but the mind and the heart, strengthened by fasting and prayer and serious consideration, will give one a maximum chance of marital happiness. Spencer W. Kimball prayer heart giving If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth. Spencer W. Kimball realizing humble men Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or both parties to a marriage contract. Spencer W. Kimball divorce selfishness party No matter what you read or hear, no matter what the difference of circumstances you observe in the lives of women about you, it is important for you Latter-day Saint women to understand that the Lord holds motherhood and mothers sacred and in the highest esteem. He has entrusted to his daughters the great responsibility of bearing and nurturing children.... There is divinity in each new life. Spencer W. Kimball daughter mother children Love is like a flower, and like the body, it needs constant feeding...And with love, also, cannot be expected to last forever unless it is continually fed with portions of love, the manifestation of esteem and admiration, the expressions of gratitude, and the consideration of unselfishness. Spencer W. Kimball gratitude flower love-is Sometimes our celebrations of notable occurrences seem to take on earthly color, and we do not fully realize the significance of the reason for the celebration. This is true of Christmas, when too often we celebrate the holiday rather than the deep significance of the birth and resurrection of the Lord. They must be unhappy indeed who ignore the godship of Christ, the sonship of the Master. Spencer W. Kimball holiday color unhappy Great women and men are always more anxious to serve than to have dominion. Spencer W. Kimball visibility dominion men Mothers, are you so busy with social life, [with projects], with clubs, with working out of the home, or with housework, that you have not time to sit down and talk to your little girls and tell them the things they should know when they are nine, and ten, and eleven, and older? Can you be frank and loving to them so that they in turn can be frank in giving you their confidences? Spencer W. Kimball girl mother home Just think of the possibilities, the potential. Every little boy that has just been born becomes an heir to this glorious, glorious program. When he is grown, he meets a lovely woman; they are married in the holy temple. They live all the commandments of the Lord. They keep themselves clean. And then they become sons of God, and they go forward with their great program-they go beyond the angels, beyond the angels and the gods that are waiting there. They go to their exaltation. Spencer W. Kimball angel boys son Brethren, 225,000 of you are here tonight. I suppose 225,000 of you may become gods. There seems to be plenty of space out there in the universe. And the Lord has proved that he knows how to do it. I think he could make, or probably have us help make, worlds for all of us, for every one of us 225,000. Spencer W. Kimball tonight space thinking Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely. Spencer W. Kimball fate wings men Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character. Spencer W. Kimball excuse matter character
