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> [ If there was no other motive in view \[except\] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/if-there-was-no-other-motive-in-view-except-to-have-the-privilege-of/)

[Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/)

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> [ Some may say \[journal keeping\] is a great deal of trouble. But we should not call anything trouble which brings to pass good. I consider that portion of my life which has been spent in keeping journals and writing history… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilford-woodruff/some-may-say-journal-keeping-is-a-great-deal-of-trouble-but-we-should/)

[Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilford-woodruff/)

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## 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/)

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