The people must have amusement as well as religion...every pure enjoyment is from heaven.

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’ve had enough of this destiny bullshit, OK?

If I have more than one life, I would definitely dedicate this one entirely to you.

You carry your past with you even if you don't remember any of it.

It's painful to not be able to fully focus, but it keeps you fresh.

It was important that people come to value light as we value gold, silver, paintings, objects.

The whole time we're traveling the world. You really mature. You're not just learning truth. The truth is changing you and maturing you.

You gotta be willing to fail...if you're afraid of failing, you won't get very far.

Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.