We feel led to caution . . . against forming the bad habit of incurring debt and taking upon themselves obligations which frequently burden them heavier than they can bear, and lead to the loss of their homes and other… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
Do not be discouraged because you cannot learn all at once; learn one thing at a time, learn it well, and treasure it up,… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
It should be our chief study to treasure up the words of life that we may grow in grace and advance in the knowledge… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
“Ours is no ordinary calling. Great opportunities and privileges have been bestowed upon us. To us, as a people, has been entrusted the grand and glorious labor of laying the foundation of the kingdom of God upon the earth. Every act of our lives should be performed with this in view. Nothing should be done by anyone calling himself a… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share
“Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed the Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
I want to live as long as I can do good; but not an hour longer than I can live in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, with my Father in heaven, my Savior, and with the faithful Latter-day Saints. To live any longer than this would be torment and misery to me. When my work is done I am ready… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share
If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the Church and… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
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 record of every official act of your life. If you baptize, confirm, ordain, or bless any person or administer to the sick, write an account of it. If every man will do this, the Church can… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share
I have always looked upon the life of our Savior who descended beneath all things that He might rise above all things as an… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
The Lord never had - and never will have to the end of time - a church on the earth without prophets, apostles, and… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write . . . . — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
When brother Brigham and brother Joseph Young went up to see the Prophet, they found him chopping wood; for he was a labouring man, and gained his bread by the sweat of his brow. They made themselves acquainted with him. He received them gladly, invited them to his house, and they rejoiced together in the Gospel of Christ, and their… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share
