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Lord Quotes by Brigham Young

42 Lord quotes by Brigham Young

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The Lord’s guidance calls for doing what He asks and leaving the outcome to Him. The quotes speak of feeling the Spirit’s inspiration, receiving divine power, and performing sacred rituals like prayer and temple work. They also mention how God’s grace shapes a person’s future.

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It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.

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If we are not one, we are not in the true sense of the word the disciples of the Lord Jesus.

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My business is to obey when the Lord commands, and this is the duty of all mankind.

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Lord, here am I, send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve that lives on the earth,…

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[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own…

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The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like himself.

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When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy

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Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph…

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My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pig, bread already buttered, etc. He will…

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The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Lord, and issues forth from himself, and may properly be called God's minister to…

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Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have…

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I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I…

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All that the Lord requires of us is strict obedience to the laws of life. All the sacrifice that the Lord asks…

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One thing is certain, wherever we go there is a proof that the people are keeping the commandments of the Lord, especially…

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When you get up in the morning, before you suffer yourselves to eat one mouthful of food, call your wife and children…

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You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly…

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The Old and New Testaments are the stick of Judah. You recollect that the tribe of Judah tarried in Jerusalem and the…

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Ham will continue to be servant of servants, as the Lord decreed, until the curse is removed. will the present struggle free…

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The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like Himself; when we have been proved in our present…

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If the Latter-day Saints will walk up to their privileges, and exercise faith in the name of Jesus Christ, and live in…

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The Scripture says that He, the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with His train; I do not know who they were,…

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I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of…

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The idea that the Lord our God is not a personage of tabernacle is entirely a mistaken notion. He was once a…

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In these respects we differ from the Christian world, for our religion will not clash with or contradict the facts of science…

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'Mormonism' has made me all I am; and the grace, the power, and the wisdom of God will make me all that…

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Do not reject anything because it is new or strange, and do not sneer nor jeer at what comes from the Lord,…

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The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and…

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How shall we know that we obey [God]? There is but one method by which we can know it, and that is…

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I wanted to thunder and roar out the Gospel to all nations. It burned in my bones like fire pent up... Nothing…

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We have not yet received our kingdoms, neither will we, until we have finished our work on earth . . . .…

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Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be…

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The time has been in Israel under the law of God, the celestial law, or that which pertains to the celestial law,…

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Let me give you a definition in brief. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord,…

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We are doing well, notwithstanding all our failings and weaknesses; but the Lord would like to have us a little more diligent;…

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In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American…

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All intelligent beings who are crowned with crowns of glory, immortality, and eternal lives must pass through every ordeal appointed for intelligent…

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We are now going to the Lamanites, to whom we intend to be messengers of instruction... We will show them that in…

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After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords…

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Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State,…

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I honor and revere the name of Joseph Smith. I delight to hear it; I love it. I love his doctrine. I…

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The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may…

It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.

After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords of lords,…

“If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.”

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It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.

I expect, if I am faithful with yourselves, that I shall see the time with yourselves that we shall know how to prepare to…

“Parties in our Government have no better idea than to think the Republic stands all the firmer upon opposition; but I say that it…

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet.

Our faith is concentrated in the Son of God, and through him in the Father; and the Holy Ghost is their minister to bring…

How shall we know that we obey [God]? There is but one method by which we can know it, and that is by the…

Infringe upon the rights of no one. Borrow no tool but what you will return according to promise. Take no wood, nor anything else…

All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit and power…