I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.

No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.

When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be; for it is a spirit of cheerfulness and of happiness.

Children of polygamists besides being equally as bright and brighter intellectually, are much more healthy and strong.

The proper education of a man decides his welfare, but the interests of a whole family are secured by the correct education of a woman.

Your children....are like diamonds...they may need polish.. and education of the right kind will impart this lustre.

If plural marriage be divine, as the Latter-day Saints say it is, no power on earth can suppress it, unless you crush and destroy the entire people.

If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.

If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.

I feel like saying 'Damn the Law.'

If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him

Serve your parents if you expect your children to serve you when you are old

Throwing your heart into something is great, but when any one thing becomes all that you stand for, you're vulnerable to an identity crisis when you pivot to a Plan B.

Determination could easily become obsession.

Everybody thinks theyll never get married at your age. You think you can go on all your life being single, but you suddenly find out that you cant.

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.

I don't think many kids question their surroundings. Everything seems so permanent and inevitable growing up, even chaos.

I feel an extremely annoyed thunderstorm nearby," Kade warned. "Actually, I'm the one annoyed. The thunderstorm could go either way." - Storm Glass

Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism.