Explore Quotes by Spencer W. Kimball

Whatever thing a man sets his heart on...is his god; and if his god doesn't also happen to be the true and living God of Israel that man is laboring in idolatry.

We are, on the whole, an idolatrous 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.

We can make our houses homes and our homes heavens.

Sometimes we get wrong notions, we think we have to be in a luxurious house, in a large city, with a new car in order to be happy. Happiness isn't there. Happiness isn't in a new car, it isn't in a new and luxurious apartment. Happiness isn't in banks and stocks. Happiness is where you make it, it's up to you. It comes from within, it doesn't come from things.

Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods.

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?

Goals are good. Laboring with a distant aim sets the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best.

I go down the street, I say hello to everybody, a stranger or otherwise. I know that they do not know me, but I like to say hello and I think they appreciate it. I notice their faces light up with a smile and I believe that if all the people in our great city...would do that, the whole world would begin to say it is the "Friendly City." You can do a tremendous thing here. We get so absorbed, we do not always speak to our friends. Speak to them, even strangers, you are not going to give offense.

To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your life.

Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely.

Always keep good company. Never waste an hour with anyone who doesn't lift you up and encourage you.

Impoverished is the life fenced in with few friends

The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul.

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.

Home life, home teaching, parental guidance is the panacea for all the ailments, a cure for all diseases, a remedy for all problems.

The time will come when only those who believe deeply and actively in the family will be able to preserve their families in the midst of the gathering evil around us.

Learn all you can. Growth comes from setting your goals high and reaching for the stars.

Make certain decisions only once.

Sin comes when communication lines are down - it always does, sooner or later.

One of the best ways to celebrate righteous history is to make more of it, make more righteous history!