If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. The apostle says, 'They… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I had not been married scarcely five minutes, and made one proclamation of the Gospel, before it was reported that I had… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
When a man has offered in sacrifice all that he has for the truth’s sake, not even withholding his life, and believing… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The old Catholic church traditions are worth more than all you have said. Here is a principle of logic that most men… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men; and desire and claim, only those principles… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Baptism is a sign to God, to angels, and to heaven that we do the will of God, and there is no… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
All men are, or ought to be free, possessing unalienable rights, and the high and noble qualifications of the laws of nature… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I never feel to force my doctrine upon any person; I rejoice to see prejudice give way to truth, and the traditions… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Men will be held accountable for the things which they have and not for the things they have not. ... All the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
We came to this earth that we might have a body and present it pure before God in the celestial kingdom. The… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
You don't know me; you never knew my heart. No man knows my history. I cannot tell it: I shall never undertake… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I will prove that the world is wrong, by showing what God is...God himself was once as we are now and is an exalted… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
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