Your life is your own, to develop or to destroy. You can blame others little and yourself almost totally if that life is not a productive, worthy, full, and abundant one.
Spencer W. KimballRead
Always keep good company. Never waste an hour with anyone who doesn't lift you up and encourage you.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Surround yourself with positive influences and supportive people.
This quote emphasizes the importance of choosing companions who uplift and encourage you. Spending time with negative or unsupportive individuals can drain your energy and hinder your personal growth, so it is crucial to cultivate relationships with those who promote positivity.
Themes
CompanySupportPositivityEncouragementRelationships
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational seminar on personal development.
More from Spencer W. Kimball
All quotes βDo not make small goals because they do not have the magic to stir men's souls.
Spencer W. KimballRead
What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved? Some of what you write may be humdrum dates and places, but there will also be rich passages that will be quoted by your posterity.
Spencer W. KimballRead
Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely.
Spencer W. KimballRead
A dozen times a day we come to a fork in the road and must decide which way we will go. It is important to get our ultimate objectives clearly in mind so that we do not become distracted at each fork in the road by the irrelevant questions: Which is the easier or more pleasant way? Or, Which way are others going?
Spencer W. KimballRead
The day obedience becomes a quest and not an irritation is the day you gain power.
Spencer W. KimballRead
Similar quotes
As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work.
Jennifer LawrenceRead
And if Sam considered himself lucky, Frodo knew he was more lucky himself; for there was not a hobbit in the Shire that was looked after with such care.
J. R. R. TolkienRead
Do not desert a friend in time of need, nor forsake him nor fail him, for friendship is the support of life. Let us then bear our burdens as the Apostle has taught (cf. Gal. 6:2): for he spoke to those whom the charity of the same one body had embraced together. If friends in prosperity help friends, why do they not also in times of adversity offer their support? Let us aid by giving counsel, let us offer our best endeavors, let us sympathize with them with all our heart.
AmbroseRead
I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me
William ShakespeareRead
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
Blaise PascalRead
They're a rotten crowd', I shouted across the lawn. 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.
F. Scott FitzgeraldRead