--- title: "3 Apostles Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr" description: "3 Apostles quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr. Plus more from Joseph Smith, Jr and more Apostles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_the-fundamental-principles-of-our-religi_1080144.png" --- > [The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-fundamental-principles-of-our-religion-are-the-testimony-of-the/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_the-fundamental-principles-of-our-religi_1080144.png) > [The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. The apostle says, 'They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-greatest-responsibility-in-this-world-that-god-has-laid-upon-us-2/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_the-greatest-responsibility-in-this-worl_1707860.png) > [If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/if-you-will-stay-with-the-majority-of-the-twelve-apostles-and-the/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_if-you-will-stay-with-the-majority-of-th_2876137.png) ## Other authors on Apostles - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-benedict-xvi-75881.jpg) Pope Benedict XVI 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/pope-benedict-xvi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/martin-luther/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gregory-palamas-39489.jpg) Gregory Palamas 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/gregory-palamas/) - [Saint Augustine 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/saint-augustine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-cassian-51120.jpg) John Cassian 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/john-cassian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-irenaeus-of-lyons-44519.jpg) Irenaeus of Lyons 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/irenaeus-of-lyons/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-anderssen-9526.jpg) Ignatius of Antioch 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/ignatius-of-antioch/) ## More by Joseph Smith, Jr > [ According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I \[the Lord\] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/according-to-the-laws-and-constitution-of-the-people-which-i-the-lord/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/all-your-losses-will-be-made-up-to-you-in-the-resurrection-provided/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/a-man-is-saved-no-faster-than-he-gets-knowledge-for-if-he-does-not/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-never-told-you-i-was-perfect-but-there-is-no-error-in-the/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [ \[W\]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/w-e-shall-have-the-satisfaction-of-knowing-that-we-have-acted/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/if-i-had-not-actually-got-into-this-work-and-been-called-of-god-i/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [I will prove that the world is wrong, by showing what God is...God himself was once as we are now and is an exalted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-will-prove-that-the-world-is-wrong-by-showing-what-god-is-god/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/one-of-the-grand-fundamental-principles-of-mormonism-is-to-receive/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-never-thought-it-was-right-to-call-up-a-man-and-try-him-because-he/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-laundry-has-its-hands-on-my-dirty-shirts-sheets-towels-and/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/when-we-are-accomplishing-the-good-the-greatest-opposition-comes/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/salvation-cannot-come-without-revelation-men-of-the-present-time/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [ Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs \[the ancient saints'\] if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/will-not-the-lord-hear-my-prayers-and-listen-to-my-cries-as-soon-as/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [Let the Saints remember that great things depend on their individual exertion, and that they are called to be co-workers with us and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/let-the-saints-remember-that-great-things-depend-on-their-individual/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/friendship-is-the-grand-fundamental-principle-of-mormonism/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/joseph-smith-jr/#itemlist", "name": "3 Apostles Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Smith, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-fundamental-principles-of-our-religion-are-the-testimony-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_the-fundamental-principles-of-our-religi_1080144.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_the-fundamental-principles-of-our-religi_1080144.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_the-fundamental-principles-of-our-religi_1080144.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus…” — Joseph Smith, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. 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