Let us have compassion upon each other, and let the strong tenderly nurse the weak into strength, and let those who can see guide the blind until they can see the way for themselves.

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.

Don't be in a hurry in life. The sacred-time determines the due events.

Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.

With food still scarce, there was no longer a right to exist. You needed to earn your spot.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.

Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. I lost three times before I got elected. There's no limit. Stay in pursuit of your dreams.

The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.

I will no longer allow anyone to manipulate my mind and control my life in the name of love.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.