John Heim > John's Quotes

“We must not falter nor weary in well-doing. We must lengthen our stride. Not only is our own eternal welfare at stake, but also the eternal welfare of many of our brothers and sisters who are not now members of this, the true Church. I thrill to the words of the Prophet Joseph Smith in a letter that he sent to the Church from Nauvoo on September 6, 1842: 'Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward. … Courage … and on, on to the victory!”
― Spencer W. Kimball

“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.”
― Spencer W. Kimball

“Do it.”
― Spencer W. Kimball

“God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.”
― Spencer W. Kimball

“The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.”
― Spencer W. Kimball

“We learn to do by doing.”
― Spencer W. Kimball

“My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.”
― Spencer W. Kimball

“Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.”
― Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle

“It is not so much what we know that is important, as what we are and what we do.”
― Spencer W. Kimball