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I am free to confess that I am disappointed with the Yosemite valley. It seems only about one-half as grand as the American Fork canyon.

I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within your means.

Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching.

I have felt the inspiration of the living God directing me in my labors.

Not only did Jesus come as a universal gift, He came as an individual offering with a personal message to each one of us.

With the help of the Lord, I will do the best I can, and ... with His help, I have no fear at all but what I can get along.

No man can teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ under the inspiration of the living God and with power from on high unless he is living it.

I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing.

There never was one particle of ... jealousy ... in the heart of Hyrum Smith.

My most earnest prayer is that every man and every woman will get it into his or her heart that they are in very deed the architects of their lives.

In times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and of blessing, let us pray always, both alone and with our families.

Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing.

I am always pleased when I have the opportunity of meeting with the Latter-day Saints in any of their gatherings.

If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work.

Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does.

I have, all the days of my life, enjoyed singing very much.

I have no animosity against any living soul.

When I first began to learn to sing, it took me from three to four months to learn two simple hymns.

Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.

To my mind, the main reason for the Depression in the United States as a whole, is the bondage of debt and the spirit of speculation among the people.

He can who thinks he can.

I believe unless we have ambition to accomplish things and to do things that we amount to but very little in the battle of life.

I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet.

No power on earth, no power beneath the earth, will ever prevent you or me or any Latter-day Saint from being saved, except ourselves

There is no better example of an older brother's love than that exhibited in the life of Hyrum Smith for the Prophet Joseph Smith.

The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here.

No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.

When I first began to learn to sing ... I would get off on nearly every line and did not know it. I have learned to know when I am off.

Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.

If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God.

My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

I assert with confidence that the law of success, here and hereafter, is to have a humble and a prayerful heart, and to work, work, work.

If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.

Every individual can improve from day to day, from year to year, and have greater capacity to do things as the years come and the years go.

My wife Lucy was very sick for nearly three years prior to her death. At one time, I was in the hospital with her for six months.

I value all things as nothing in comparison with having the spirit of God to guide me.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.