Spencer W. Kimball Quotes

I have found that the more I get my ego out of a picture and the more I think about how can I serve other people instead of always thinking about me, the more miracles show up.

I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness, our own personal contentment and fulfillment.

Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

The biggest thing I've learned is that it's not about me. All of the things that I do have to be about bringing service to the world and helping people shift their perception.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

We love those whom we serve (p. 26)

The best medicine for despair is service.

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

There is incredible value in being of service to others.

It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.

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!

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.

All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.

The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls.

We love most those who we serve most.

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.

He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within.

Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee.

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.

If you want to serve the universe, the obvious place to begin is right where you are. That's where I began. I looked at every situation I came into and wondered, 'What can I do to be of service in this situation?' Sometimes there was nothing I could do, but often there was - a helping hand, a word of cheer, a pleasant smile. Then, after I had given a lot, a most wonderful spiritual receiving began - giving me more to give.