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• 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.

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  Christian, Mother, Daughter

  Spencer W. Kimball (1981). “Priesthood”, Shadow Mountain

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• Humility is the beginning virtue of all exaltation.

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  Humility, Exaltation, Virtue

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• Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.

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  Music, Song, Singing

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• He who cannot learn by others' mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool.

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  Mistake, Stupid, Errors

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• Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.

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  Promise, Treasure, Knowledge Of God

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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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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  Wise, Time, Gone

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• Strength and struggle travel together.

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  Struggle, Together

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• Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.

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  Garden, Land, Soul

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• There isn't anything else more important than taking the gospel to the world.

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  Important, Missionary, World

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• Soul mates' are fiction and an illusion; and while every young man and young woman will seek with all diligence and prayerfulness to find a mate with whom life can be most compatible and beautiful, yet it is certain that almost any good man and any good woman can have happiness and a successful marriage if both are willing to pay the price.

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  Marriage, Beautiful, Successful

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• We must remember that those mortals we meet in parking lots, offices, elevators, and elsewhere are that portion of mankind God has given us to love and to serve. It will do us little good to speak of the general brotherhood of mankind if we cannot regard those who are all around us as our brothers and sisters.

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  Brother, Office, Littles

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• Humility is royalty without a crown.

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  Humility, Crowns, Stay Humble

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• 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.

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  Decision, Hundred, Certain

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• Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.

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  Survival, Way, Program

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• Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.

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  Adversity, Angel, Blessing

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• Too often we take blessings for granted, like the sun, the air, health, and opportunity. Or we accept favors, honors, and privileges day after day as did the lepers their newfound health, without a word of thanks. We would thank the person who gives us a seat in the bus, the person who offers a ride, the friend who picks up the check after dinner, the person who does the baby-sitting, or the boy who cuts our lawn, but do we express gratitude to Him who gives us all?

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  Baby, Gratitude, Cutting

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• My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.

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  Shoes, Life Is Like, Worn

  Edward L. Kimball, Spencer W. Kimball (2005). “Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball”, Deseret Book Company

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• Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity.

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  Children, Eternity, Memoir

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• Man must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.

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  Men, Nutrition, Wellness

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• Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.

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  Beautiful, Dream, Dreams Come True

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• 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.

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  Mom, Mother, Responsibility

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• There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say to the Lord, humbly, 'Give me this MOUNTAIN,' give me these challenges.

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  Opportunity, Giving, Challenges

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• What relief! What comfort! What joy! Those laden with transgressions and sorrows and sin may be forgiven and cleansed and purified if they will return to their Lord, learn of him, and keep his commandments

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  Joy, Sorrow, Comfort

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Shapes, Divinity

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• Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.

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  Pain, Adversity, Doors

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