Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men; and desire and claim, only those principles… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
[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… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
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… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs [the ancient saints'] if… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
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… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share
