--- title: "4 Followers Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr" description: "4 Followers quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr. Plus more from Joseph Smith, Jr and more Followers sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/joseph-smith-jr-1647_arise_you-will-live-to-see-men-arise-in-power_425775.png" --- > [You will live to see men arise in power in the Church who will seek to put down your friends and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/you-will-live-to-see-men-arise-in-power-in-the-church-who-will-seek/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/joseph-smith-jr-1647_arise_you-will-live-to-see-men-arise-in-power_425775.png) > [I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-have-more-to-boast-of-than-ever-any-man-had-i-am-the-only-man-that/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/joseph-smith-jr-1647_able_i-have-more-to-boast-of-than-ever-any-ma_1084437.png) > [Sectarian priests cry out concerning me, and ask, "Why is it this babbler gains so many followers, and retains them?" I answer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/sectarian-priests-cry-out-concerning-me-and-ask-why-is-it-this/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/joseph-smith-jr-1647_answers_sectarian-priests-cry-out-concerning-me_2097092.png) > [I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-have-more-to-boast-of-than-ever-any-man-had-i-am-the-only-man-that-2/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/joseph-smith-jr-1647_able_i-have-more-to-boast-of-than-ever-any-ma_2507854.png) ## Other authors on Followers - [Israelmore Ayivor 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-c-maxwell-51081.jpg) John C. Maxwell 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/nikhil-saluja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/suzy-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-colin-powell-24831.jpg) Colin Powell 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/colin-powell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-warren-g-bennis-94557.jpg) Warren G. Bennis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/warren-g-bennis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-parker-follett-65139.jpg) Mary Parker Follett 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/mary-parker-follett/) - [Gift Gugu Mona 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/gift-gugu-mona/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eric-hoffer-33497.jpg) Eric Hoffer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/eric-hoffer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-bonhoeffer-29418.jpg) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/followers/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) ## 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/followers/joseph-smith-jr/#itemlist", "name": "4 Followers Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You will live to see men arise in power in the Church who will seek to put down your friends and the friends of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 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