Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

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.

O Lord gives me a loyal spirit.

There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination.

Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.

You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.

Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it.

I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.

An author is like a baker; it is for him to make the sweets, and others to buy and enjoy them.

I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac.

There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind-the humorous.