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

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.

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.

When we get into the spirit world, and the veil is withdrawn, we shall then perhaps understand the whys and wherefores.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

Once I have a vision of something I want to accomplish, I tend to slog doggedly toward my goal until I achieve it; this is a skill from my youth.

Champions don't become champions in the field---they are merely recognized there.

You'd better know what you want, because you'll probably get it.

Donald Trump is not my fault. You can blame certain things on me, but not Donald Trump.

If only you could hear the sound of snow

The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue.

Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.

Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.

The only way we can handle change around us is to know what is changeless about ourselves