Brigham Young
Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.Collection: Religion
Love the giver more than the gift.Collection: Birthday
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.Collection: Power
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.Collection: Independence
Brethren, let us mind our own business - that is, the calling the Lord has called us to - to do everything we can to promote the good of the Cause of Truth, and never ask how big we are, or inquire who we are; but let it be, 'What can I do to build up the Kingdom of God upon the Earth?'Collection: Business
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.Collection: Knowledge
Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.Collection: Age
If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.Collection: Power
A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
Honest hearts produce honest actions.
I am a firm believer in slavery.
The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.
Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
I don't care whether the people believe me to be a prophet, seer, or revelator or not - I have been very profitable to this people, and I have seen a good many things, and I have revealed many things.
If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.
Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
Infringe upon the rights of no one. Borrow no tool but what you will return according to promise. Take no wood, nor anything else but what belongs to you - and if you find anything that is not your own, do not hide it away, but report it, that the owner may be found.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
I don't care about my character here on earth. I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.
Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.Collection: Hell
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.Collection: Family
Angels are those beings who have been on an earth like this, and have passed through the same ordeals that we are now passing through. They have kept their first estate far enough to preserve themselves in the Priesthood. They did not so violate the law of the Priesthood and condemn themselves to the sin against the Holy Ghost as to be finally lost. They are not crowned with the celestial ones. They are persons who have lived upon an earth, but did not magnify the Priesthood in that high degree that many others have done who have become Gods, even the sons of God.Collection: Angel
He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.Collection: Fool
Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.Collection: Praying
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?Collection: Self Esteem
I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security... Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.Collection: Men
Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.Collection: Father
Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.Collection: Sleep
Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.Collection: Prayer
After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords of lords, they have the power then of propagating their species in spirit; and that is the first of their operations with regard to organizing a world. Power is then given to them to organize the elements, and then commence the organization of tabernacles.Collection: Kings
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamyCollection: Son
Any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him Cannot hold the priesthood ... I will say it now in the name of Jesus Christ. I know it is true & they know it. The Negro cannot hold one particle of Government ... if any man mingles his seed with the seed of Cane the only way he Could get rid of it or have salvation would be to Come forward & have his head Cut off & spill his Blood upon the ground. It would also take the life of his Children.Collection: Jesus
No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.Collection: Inspiring
Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.Collection: Inspirational
I believe in sisters marrying brothers, and brothers having their sisters for wives... This is something pertaining to our marriage relation. The whole world will think what an awful thing it is. What an awful thing it would be if the Mormons should just say we believe in marrying brothers and sisters.Collection: Brother
Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified, and they would atone for their sins, and be received into the Kingdom of God. I would at once do so, in such a case; and under the circumstances, I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.... There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay the debt. The blood of Christ will never wipe that out, your own blood must atone for it.Collection: Brother
There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay the debt. The blood of Christ will never wipe that out, your own blood must atone for it . . .Collection: Men
Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.Collection: Humble
If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!Collection: Praying
This is loving your neighbour as ourselves; if he needs help, help him; and if he wants salvation and it is necessary to spill his blood on the earth in order that he may be saved, spill it.Collection: Blood
In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the Garden of Eden was made. In the days of Noah, in the days of the floating of the ark, he took the people to another part of the earth; the earth was divided, and there he set up his kingdomCollection: Men
All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God; and he will confound our enemies.Collection: Father
While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging to the Deity that is purely philosophical. The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood - was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers.Collection: Jesus
The present Constitution, with a few alterations of a trifling nature, is just as good as we want; and if it is sustained on this land of Joseph, it will be done by us and our posterity.Collection: Land