People are not to be driven and you can put into a gnat’s eye all the souls of the children of men that are driven into heaven by preaching hell-fire.

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.

I read the bible every day and the one thing I have noticed is that those characters that are closest to God seem to be the ones who question and wonder and think more than others.

You have to give 110% all the time. 100% isn't good enough anymore.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.

A drunkards purse is a bottle.

...smile first, then speak.

You must see yourself as guardian, somebody who will preserve what is true and pass it on. Be a guardian. We don't need militants or revolutionaries. We need guardians. We need leaders.

Don't bother explaining--I've heard all the excuses and the trouble is most of them are true.

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