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Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat.

What we commonly call death does not destroy the body, it only causes a separation of spirit and body.

He is our Father - the Father of our Spirits, and was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted being.

Learn to be good for something.

Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

I say, if you want to enjoy exquisitely, become a Latter-day Saint, and then live the doctrine of Jesus Christ.

Do you think that people will obey the truth because it is true, unless they love it? No, they will not. Truth is obeyed when it is loved.

When man desires to live as long as a tree, his diet will be fruit.

The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.

If any of you wish to know how to have your bread fall butter side up, butter it on both sides, and then it will fall butter side up.

It is a poor, unwise and very imbecile people who cannot take care of themselves.

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

If we ever walk in streets paved with gold, we will have placed it there ourselves.

All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God; and he will confound our enemies.

Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father

The principle of love within us is an attribute of the Deity, and it is placed within us to be dispensed independently according to our own will.

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.

If you love the truth, you can remember it.

The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.

If we are not one, we are not in the true sense of the word the disciples of the Lord Jesus.

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

The apostates think that everybody is wrong but themselves.

A lawyer's duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it.

Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life.

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.

We went west willingly--because we had to.

A man who did not have but one wife in the Resurrection that woman will not be his but be taken from him & given to another.

When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy

We are prepared for some things, and we receive just as fast as we prepare ourselves.

The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Lord, and issues forth from himself, and may properly be called God's minister to execute his will in immensity.

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing whats right.

'Mormonism' has made me all I am; and the grace, the power, and the wisdom of God will make me all that I ever will be, either in time or in eternity.

God himself is increasing and progressing in knowledge, power, and dominion, and will do so, worlds without end.

[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.

Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints.

They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.

As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly they will never want to leave you.

Pray as though everything depended on the Lord and work as though everything depended on you.

The man or woman who lives worthily now is in a state of salvation.

Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity.

Instead of preparing to die, prepare to live in the midst of all the exaltations of the Gods

Which would you part with first
your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?

All rational beings have an agency of their own; and according to their own choice they will be saved or damned.

The gifts of the Gospel are given to strengthen the faith of the believer.

Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Every day is judgment day-use it.

My mind becomes tired, and perhaps some of yours do. If so, go and exercise your bodies.

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

No person having the least particle of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood

It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.

Love the giver more than the gift.

All the difference between men and angels is, men are passing through the day of trial that angels have already passed through.

Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately!

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.

When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him.

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

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.

I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.

For their abuse of [the Black African] race, the whites will be cursed, unless they repent.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

Sin keeps a man from prayer, and prayer keeps a man from sin.

It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.

If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!

Do not reject anything because it is new or strange, and do not sneer nor jeer at what comes from the Lord, for if we do, we endanger our salvation.

It is our duty to improve upon every blessing the Lord gives to us.

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

God never made something out of nothing; it is not in the economy or law by which the worlds were, are, or will exist

The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.

Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in.

Lord, here am I, send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve that lives on the earth, or that ever goes on the earth.

Now, there is no harm in a teapot, even if it contains tea, if it is let alone.

If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.

Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

There is no music in hell, for all good music belongs to heaven.

My people must be tried in all things, that they may be prepared to receive the glory that I have for them.

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.

There is no calling of God to man on earth but what brings with it the evidence of its authenticity.

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

Fear arises from the weakness of the flesh over which the devil has power.

Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.

Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father in Heaven.

See that your children are properly educated in the rudiments of their mother tongue, and then let them proceed to higher branches of learning..

To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.

Our religion will not clash with nor contradict the facts of science in any particular.

It's a lot more common now for someone to know a Mormon rather than just know of Mormons out in Utah, ... We seem more normal. We're not as exotic.

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.

I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet.

If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family