--- title: "4 Broads Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr" description: "4 Broads quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr. Plus more from Joseph Smith, Jr and more Broads sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_abyss_the-things-of-god-are-of-great-import-an_691767.jpg" --- > [The things of God are of great import; and time, and experience,and careful, and ponderous, and solemn thoughts can only find them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-things-of-god-are-of-great-import-and-time-and-experience-and/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_abyss_the-things-of-god-are-of-great-import-an_691767.jpg) > [The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-aspirations-and-expectations-of-a-virtuous-people-environed-with/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/joseph-smith-jr-1647_administration_the-aspirations-and-expectations-of-a-vi_871413.jpg) > [I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution…The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-am-the-greatest-advocate-of-the-constitution-the-only-fault-i-find/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/joseph-smith-jr-1647_accounts_i-am-the-greatest-advocate-of-the-consti_1370656.jpg) > [I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution of the United States there is on the earth. In my feelings I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-am-the-greatest-advocate-of-the-constitution-of-the-united-states/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_i-am-the-greatest-advocate-of-the-consti_1867880.jpg) ## Other authors on Broads ## 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/broads/joseph-smith-jr/#itemlist", "name": "4 Broads Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The things of God are of great import; and time, and experience,and careful, and ponderous, and solemn thoughts can only find them out. 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