Marriage Quotes by Brigham Young

Do you think that I am an old man? I could prove to this congregation that I am young; for I could…

— Brigham Young

As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly…

— Brigham Young

A man who did not have but one wife in the Resurrection that woman will not be his but be taken from…

— Brigham Young

I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would…

— Brigham Young

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

— Brigham Young

Every virtuous woman desires a husband to whom she can look for guidance and protection through this world. God has placed this…

— Brigham Young

Prepare yourselves for two weeks from tomorrow; and I will tell you now, that if you will tarry with your husbands, after…

— Brigham Young

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

— Brigham Young

Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. Such a system was…

— Brigham Young

I believe in sisters marrying brothers, and brothers having their sisters for wives... This is something pertaining to our marriage relation. The…

— Brigham Young

A few years ago one of my wives, when talking about wives leaving their husbands said, 'I wish my husband's wives would…

— Brigham Young

Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he…

— Brigham Young

Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified,…

— Brigham Young

The Second Way in which a wife can be separated from her husband, while he continues to be faithful to his God…

— Brigham Young

“There is not a young man in our community who would not be willing to travel from here to England to be…

— Brigham Young