All rational beings have an agency of their own; and according to their own choice they will be saved or damned.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father.

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

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.

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.

He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ

The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy

The best remedy for anger is delay.

Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

There's no sense that you're there forever. No parent is there forever.

I would encourage you to follow the pathway to enlightenment, to learn to meditate, to practice mindfulness, and not to really care what anybody thinks about you, including yourself.

I'm quite sexy - if you like gingers.

I have doubts! I have such doubts!

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.

I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815

I don't need any more money.

If there's not a message that people care about, they're not going to work on the campaign.