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“The height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the…

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Quote by Spencer W. Kimball

Spencer W. Kimball

“The height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. There is no other limitation in either direction. And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish a dominion over himself will have no dominion over others, he who masters himself shall be king.”

Source: Improvement Era, June 1966, p. 525.

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