“Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them,… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“I lift my voice against these audacious practices and these infamous fashions, and I pray that you who have daughters in Zion will save… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“I hope with all my soul that the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be loyal in their very… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Compliance with the law of the fast would call attention to the sin of over-eating, place the body in subjection the the spirit, and… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“It is extreme folly for any people to send thousands of missionaries out into the world to preach the Gospel to the nations, and… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“We believe in all truth, no matter to what subject it may refer. No sect or religious denomination [or, I may say, no searcher… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that to-day, or I may say this present moment is a moment of trial for this people. I have often… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Of what use is it that we know the truth, if we lack its spirit? Our knowledge, in this event, becomes a condemnation to… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“I want to say to our Relief Societies, our Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and our Primary Associations that I desire and sincerely hope… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“I would not have it understood, for a moment, that I or any of the Elders attend funerals to smother over the weaknesses of… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Marriage is the preserver of the human race. Without it, the purposes of God would be frustrated; virtue would be destroyed to give place… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Men and women who humbly plod along, doing their duty... who help look after the poor; and who honor the holy Priesthood, who do… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image