For hundreds of years the world was wrapped in a veil of spiritual darkness, until there was not one fundamental truth belonging… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
What is driving the tendency to discount Joseph Smith's revelations is not that they seem less reasonable than those of Moses; it… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
In politics, Joseph Smith was something of a radical. He preached, instead of democracy, a version of theocratic rule within a framework… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
“Joseph Smith, its enterprisingly mendacious inventor, went to the lengths of composing a complete new holy book, the Book of Mormon, inventing… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
... over two hundred women, apparently at their own request, were sealed as wives to Joseph Smith after his death in special… — Fawn M. Brodie Copy Share Image
When Jesus sent forth his servants formerly he sent them to preach this Gospel. When the Father and the Son and Moroni… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
When Joseph Smith, Jr. was there we had some conversation in which in every instance I did not fail to affirm that… — Oliver Cowdery Copy Share Image
I heard the prophet Joseph Smith say the time would come when this nation would so far depart from its original purity,… — Eliza R. Snow Copy Share Image
Stand Fast Through the Storms of Life. "You will have all kinds of trials to pass through. And it is quite as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Again, there are other things associated with these matters, all bearing more or less upon the same points. When God selected Joseph… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Joseph Smith visited me a great deal after his death, and taught me many important principles. . . . Among other things,… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Take a Nicodemus and put a Joseph Smith's spirit in him, and what do you have? Take a Da Vinci or a… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
May we incorporate into our own lives the divine principles which he Joseph Smith so beautifully taught by example, that we, ourselves,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“He [Joseph Smith] said if one member becomes corrupt and you know it; you must immediately put it away. The sympathies of… — Eliza R. Snow Copy Share Image
We are not entirely sure of the meaning of all of the symbolic stones and their placement. Neither Joseph Smith nor Brigham… — Loren C. Dunn Copy Share Image
There is a golden thread that runs through every account of faith from the beginning of the world to the present time.… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“Joseph Smith holds the keys of the last dispensation, and is now engaged behind the veil in the great work of the… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Those to whom his word was revealed were always alone in some remote place, like Moses. There wasn't anyone else around when… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
I believe that the appearance of God the Father and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in 1820 to Joseph Smith unlocked… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
The keys Elijah restored to Joseph Smith permit our hearts to be bound and each of us linked to those of our… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
First, we should become informed about communism, about socialism, and about Americanism. What better way can one become informed than by first… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon is a second witness of Jesus Christ and a manifestation of the truthfulness of the Prophet Joseph Smith.… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Our whole strength rests on the validity of [Joseph Smith's] vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I believe that Judaism was an improvement on polytheism; Christianity was an improvement on Judaism (to some degree and in some departments… — Thomas Ferguson Copy Share Image
I honor and revere the name of Joseph Smith. I delight to hear it; I love it. I love his doctrine. I… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
When the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted, those high contracting parties did positively agree that they would not… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Our entire case as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rests on the validity of this glorious First… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith. It will be saved by the righteous citizens… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
And as many of the plates as Joseph Smith translated I handled with my hands, plate after plate. — Martin Harris Copy Share Image
The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to ‘beware of self-righteousness’ and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
For those whose faith has faded, the reasons may be real to them, but these reasons do not change the reality of… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Joseph F. Smith probably authorized Apostles Clawson and Cowley to marry their plural wives after the second Manifesto of 1904, since he… — D. Michael Quinn Copy Share Image
Who can justly say aught against Joseph Smith? I was as well acquainted with him, as any man. I do not believe… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
David Whitmer wrote: ' Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this, the Dispensation of the Fulness [sic] of Times. He, together… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I submit that in the few minutes that Joseph Smith was with the Father and the Son, he learned more of the… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
![“In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.” quote by Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/313/brigham-young-1075_church_in-the-days-of-joseph-smith-it-was-consi_1261300.jpg)
![“He [Joseph Smith] said if one member becomes corrupt and you know it; you must immediately put it away. The sympathies of the heads of the church have induc'd them to bear with those that were corrupt; in consequence of which all become contaminated--you must put down iniquity and by your good…” quote by Eliza R. Snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcd/eliza-r-snow-38914_quote_he-joseph-smith-said-if-one-member-becom_1711256.jpg)
![“Our whole strength rests on the validity of [Joseph Smith's] vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did not, then this work is a fraud. If it did, then it is the most important and wonderful work under the heavens.” quote by Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ac8/gordon-b-hinckley-331_dreams_our-whole-strength-rests-on-the-validity_277188.jpg)
![“For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this, the Dispensation of the Fulness [sic] of Times. He, together with His Father, appeared to the boy Joseph Smith in the year 1820, and when Joseph left the grove that day, he knew more of the nature of God than all the learned ministers of…” quote by Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee0/gordon-b-hinckley-331_age_for-the-christ-of-whom-i-speak-has-been_3142909.jpg)
