--- title: "7 Brethren Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr" description: "7 Brethren quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr. Plus more from Joseph Smith, Jr and more Brethren sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/joseph-smith-jr-1647_brethren_if-i-revealed-all-that-has-been-made-kno_406004.png" --- > [If I revealed all that has been made known to me, scarcely a man on this stand would stay with me.' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/if-i-revealed-all-that-has-been-made-known-to-me-scarcely-a-man-on/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/joseph-smith-jr-1647_brethren_if-i-revealed-all-that-has-been-made-kno_406004.png) > [I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-told-them-i-was-but-a-man-and-they-must-not-expect-me-to-be-perfect/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/joseph-smith-jr-1647_bears_i-told-them-i-was-but-a-man-and-they-mus_1164765.png) > [My Brethren if thou endure thy trials well though shalt be exalted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/my-brethren-if-thou-endure-thy-trials-well-though-shalt-be-exalted/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/joseph-smith-jr-1647_brethren_my-brethren-if-thou-endure-thy-trials-we_1168778.png) > [And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/and-that-law-of-the-land-which-is-constitutional-supporting-that/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_and-that-law-of-the-land-which-is-consti_1200058.png) > [I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-told-the-brethren-that-the-book-of-mormon-was-the-most-correct-of/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/joseph-smith-jr-1647_book_i-told-the-brethren-that-the-book-of-mor_1537201.png) > [Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/shall-we-not-go-on-in-so-great-a-cause-go-forward-and-not-backward/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/joseph-smith-jr-1647_brethren_shall-we-not-go-on-in-so-great-a-cause-g_1700275.png) > [Blessed be the memory of those few brethren who contended so strenuously for their constitutional rights and religious freedom, against such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/blessed-be-the-memory-of-those-few-brethren-who-contended-so/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_blessed-be-the-memory-of-those-few-breth_2543783.png) ## Other authors on Brethren ## 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/brethren/joseph-smith-jr/#itemlist", "name": "7 Brethren Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I revealed all that has been made known to me, scarcely a man on this stand would stay with me.' and 'Brethren, if I were to tell you all I know of the kingdom of God, I do know that you would rise up and kill me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Smith, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/if-i-revealed-all-that-has-been-made-known-to-me-scarcely-a-man-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/joseph-smith-jr-1647_brethren_if-i-revealed-all-that-has-been-made-kno_406004.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/joseph-smith-jr-1647_brethren_if-i-revealed-all-that-has-been-made-kno_406004.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/joseph-smith-jr-1647_brethren_if-i-revealed-all-that-has-been-made-kno_406004.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I revealed all that has been made known to me, scarcely a man on this stand would stay with me.' and…” — Joseph Smith, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; 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