--- title: "1 Right Spirit Quotes By George Q. Cannon" description: "1 Right Spirit quotes by George Q. Cannon. Plus more from George Q. Cannon and more Right Spirit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/george-q-cannon-20238_cheerfulness_do-not-allow-darkness-and-gloom-to-enter_2459070.jpg" --- > [Do not allow darkness and gloom to enter into your hearts. I want to give you a rule by which you may know that the spirit which you have is the right spirit. The Spirit of God produces cheerfulness, joy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/do-not-allow-darkness-and-gloom-to-enter-into-your-hearts-i-want-to/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/george-q-cannon-20238_cheerfulness_do-not-allow-darkness-and-gloom-to-enter_2459070.jpg) ## More by George Q. Cannon > [ If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him \[Joseph Smith\]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/if-we-get-our-salvation-we-shall-have-to-pass-by-him-joseph-smith-if/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [The proper education of a man decides his welfare, but the interests of a whole family are secured by the correct education of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/the-proper-education-of-a-man-decides-his-welfare-but-the-interests/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [These birds and animals and fish cannot speak, but they can suffer, and our God who created them, knows their sufferings, and will hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/these-birds-and-animals-and-fish-cannot-speak-but-they-can-suffer-and/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [I feel like saying 'Damn the Law.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/i-feel-like-saying-damn-the-law/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/if-i-am-an-angry-man-it-is-my-duty-to-pray-for-charity-which/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [Your children…are like diamonds...they may need polish.. and education of the right kind will impart this lustre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/your-children-are-like-diamonds-they-may-need-polish-and-education-of/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/do-not-brethren-put-your-trust-in-man-though-he-be-a-bishop-an/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [“We may pass through the fiery furnace, we may pass through deep waters, but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/we-may-pass-through-the-fiery-furnace-we-may-pass-through-deep-waters/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, there were only two churches upon the earth. They were known respectively as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/after-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-was-organized/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [“No system of education can be perfect which does not teach the principle of righteousness and faith in God. Learning has not saved the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/no-system-of-education-can-be-perfect-which-does-not-teach-the/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [“And shall we say that in some things we are willing to be guided; we think it right to be guided in matters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/and-shall-we-say-that-in-some-things-we-are-willing-to-be-guided-we/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [It is true that some have greater power of resistance than others, but everyone has the power to close his heart against doubt, against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/it-is-true-that-some-have-greater-power-of-resistance-than-others-but/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome...was a monogamic nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/it-is-a-fact-worthy-of-note-that-the-shortest-lived-nations-of-which/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [The saints should always remember that God sees not as man sees; that he does not willingly afflict his children, and that if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/the-saints-should-always-remember-that-god-sees-not-as-man-sees-that/) [George Q. Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-q-cannon/) > [ “The principles of the Gospel never become stale, nor trite, \[nor\] threadbare. No matter how often we may hear a principle of truth dwelt… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-q-cannon/the-principles-of-the-gospel-never-become-stale-nor-trite-nor/) [George Q. 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