--- title: "1 Carrying on Quotes By Wilford Woodruff" description: "1 Carrying on quotes by Wilford Woodruff. Plus more from Wilford Woodruff and more Carrying on sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/wilford-woodruff-13197_age_i-would-say-to-bishops-and-to-all-men-in_2635890.jpg" --- > [I would say to bishops, and to all men in authority, we should have an interest in carrying on this work. We should labor to get the Spirit of God. It is our right, our privilege, and our duty to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/i-would-say-to-bishops-and-to-all-men-in-authority-we-should-have-an/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/wilford-woodruff-13197_age_i-would-say-to-bishops-and-to-all-men-in_2635890.jpg) ## More by Wilford Woodruff > [It takes just as much to save a dead man as a living man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/it-takes-just-as-much-to-save-a-dead-man-as-a-living-man/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [Do not be discouraged because you cannot learn all at once; learn one thing at a time, learn it well, and treasure it up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/do-not-be-discouraged-because-you-cannot-learn-all-at-once-learn-one/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [It should be our chief study to treasure up the words of life that we may grow in grace and advance in the knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/it-should-be-our-chief-study-to-treasure-up-the-words-of-life-that-we/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [“Ours is no ordinary calling. Great opportunities and privileges have been bestowed upon us. To us, as a people, has been entrusted the grand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/ours-is-no-ordinary-calling-great-opportunities-and-privileges-have/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [“Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed the Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/those-men-who-laid-the-foundation-of-this-american-government-and/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [I want to live as long as I can do good; but not an hour longer than I can live in fellowship with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/i-want-to-live-as-long-as-i-can-do-good-but-not-an-hour-longer-than-i/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the Church and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/if-we-are-going-to-do-away-with-polygamy-it-would-only-be-one-feather/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [I would advise you to get all of your blessings written and preserve them...I do feel to enjoin it upon you to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/i-would-advise-you-to-get-all-of-your-blessings-written-and-preserve/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [I have always looked upon the life of our Savior who descended beneath all things that He might rise above all things as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/i-have-always-looked-upon-the-life-of-our-savior-who-descended/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [The Lord never had - and never will have to the end of time - a church on the earth without prophets, apostles, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/the-lord-never-had-and-never-will-have-to-the-end-of-time-a-church-on/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write . . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/i-went-before-the-lord-and-i-wrote-what-the-lord-told-me-to-write/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [When brother Brigham and brother Joseph Young went up to see the Prophet, they found him chopping wood; for he was a labouring man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/when-brother-brigham-and-brother-joseph-young-went-up-to-see-the/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [I was in Nauvoo on the 26th of May, 1846, for the last time, and left the city of the Saints feeling that most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/i-was-in-nauvoo-on-the-26th-of-may-1846-for-the-last-time-and-left/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [I say to Israel, the Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this Church to lead you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/i-say-to-israel-the-lord-will-never-permit-me-or-any-other-man-who/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) > [Our children should be indoctrinated in the principles of the Gospel from their earliest childhood. They should be made familiar with the contents of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/our-children-should-be-indoctrinated-in-the-principles-of-the-gospel/) [Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carrying-on/wilford-woodruff/#itemlist", "name": "1 Carrying on Quotes By Wilford Woodruff", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would say to bishops, and to all men in authority, we should have an interest in carrying on this work. We should labor to get the Spirit of God. It is our right, our privilege, and our duty to call upon the Lord, that the vision of our mind may be opened, so that we may see and understand the day and age in which we are living. 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