Men Quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr

No man knows my history.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

How precious are the souls of men!

— Joseph Smith, Jr

A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Every man should esteem his neighbor as himself.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

No man can receive the Holy Ghost without receiving revelations. The Holy Ghost is a revelator.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Truth revealed from heaven is worth more than all the notions of men.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

Let no man break the laws of the land, for he that keepeth the laws of God hath no need to break…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

I believe all that God ever revealed, and I never hear of a man being damned for believing too much; but they…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

I know what I say; I understand my mission and business. God Almighty is my shield; and what can man do if…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing; the wrong that I do is through…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

While other men were peacefully following their vocations and extending their interests they [the Saints in Clay County] have been deprived of…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

I will prove that the world is wrong, by showing what God is...God himself was once as we are now and is…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

Hence we say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

Men will be held accountable for the things which they have and not for the things they have not. ... All the…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

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

I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution…The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

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

You will live to see men arise in power in the Church who will seek to put down your friends and the…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

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

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

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

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