I have always looked upon the life of our Savior who descended beneath all things that He might rise above all things as an example for His followers.

The Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this church to lead you astray.

Trust in God. Do your duty. Remember your prayers. Get faith in the Lord, and take hold and build up Zion. All will be right.

You may have the administration of angels, you may see many miracles; . . . but I claim that the gift of the Holy Ghost is the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon man.

The moment a man or a woman becomes angry they show a great weakness.

We are not apt to think of the importance of events as they transpire with us, but we feel the importance of them afterwards.

I wish to say to the Latter-day Saints, all that we have to do is be faithful, to keep His commandments, to be humble, to seek Him in mighty prayer, and all will be well with us.

It takes just as much to save a dead man as a living man.

I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write . . . .

If there was no other motive in view [except] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it.

We are willing to stand by the revelations of God.

Though your acts of love and compassion cannot penetrate bandages or armour, they are never wasted and never lost. They sit within the recipient’s mind, awaiting his awakening.

When the ocean get poisoned even a sip will be deadly

There is nothing in the world more pathetic than a bunch of wilted dandelions.

Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.

Talking about peoples lived experiences is a powerful way to mobilize them. We can create new rules.

Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco.

In the struggle for justice, the only reward is the opportunity to be in the struggle. You can't expect that you're going to have it tomorrow. You just have to keep working on it.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

The world's holy texts are built on ancient oral traditions.

If happiness could be bought, we'd probably be unhappy at the price tag. If only the secret of happiness was as simple as getting wealthy and spending more.