--- title: "14 Should Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr" description: "14 Should quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr. Plus more from Joseph Smith, Jr and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/joseph-smith-jr-1647_love_meekness-love-purity-these-are-the-thing_594132.png" --- > [. . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/meekness-love-purity-these-are-the-things-that-should-magnify-us/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/joseph-smith-jr-1647_love_meekness-love-purity-these-are-the-thing_594132.png) > [Every man should esteem his neighbor as himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/every-man-should-esteem-his-neighbor-as-himself/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/joseph-smith-jr-1647_esteem_every-man-should-esteem-his-neighbor-as_564470.png) > [The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-constitution-expects-every-man-to-do-his-duty-and-when-he-fails/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_the-constitution-expects-every-man-to-do_2588687.png) > [Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/patriotism-should-be-sought-for-and-will-be-found-in-right-living-no/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/joseph-smith-jr-1647_being-true_patriotism-should-be-sought-for-and-will_2195408.png) > [ According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I \[the Lord\] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/according-to-the-laws-and-constitution-of-the-people-which-i-the-lord/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_according-to-the-laws-and-constitution-o_73011.png) > [We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/we-don-t-ask-any-people-to-throw-away-any-good-they-have-got-we-only/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/joseph-smith-jr-1647_asks_we-don-t-ask-any-people-to-throw-away-an_2139327.jpg) > [I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-told-them-i-was-but-a-man-and-they-must-not-expect-me-to-be-perfect/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/joseph-smith-jr-1647_bears_i-told-them-i-was-but-a-man-and-they-mus_1164765.png) > [I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-would-that-ye-should-come-unto-christ-who-is-the-holy-one-of-israel/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/joseph-smith-jr-1647_christ_i-would-that-ye-should-come-unto-christ_723726.png) > [The Constitution should contain a provision that every officer of the Government who should neglect or refuse to extend the protection guaranteed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-constitution-should-contain-a-provision-that-every-officer-of-the/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_the-constitution-should-contain-a-provis_1156569.jpg) > [Afflictions, persecutions, imprisonments, and death, we must expect, according to the scriptures, which tell us that the blood of those whose souls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/afflictions-persecutions-imprisonments-and-death-we-must-expect/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/joseph-smith-jr-1647_affliction_afflictions-persecutions-imprisonments-a_2296987.png) > [It is said that brother Joseph in his lifetime declared that the Elders of this Church should step forth at a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/it-is-said-that-brother-joseph-in-his-lifetime-declared-that-the/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_it-is-said-that-brother-joseph-in-his-li_3126338.png) > [The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-aspirations-and-expectations-of-a-virtuous-people-environed-with/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/joseph-smith-jr-1647_administration_the-aspirations-and-expectations-of-a-vi_871413.jpg) > [The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. The apostle says, 'They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-greatest-responsibility-in-this-world-that-god-has-laid-upon-us-2/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/joseph-smith-jr-1647_apostles_the-greatest-responsibility-in-this-worl_1707860.png) > [Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/verily-i-say-unto-you-that-the-wisdom-of-man-in-his-fallen-state/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/joseph-smith-jr-1647_anointing_verily-i-say-unto-you-that-the-wisdom-of_1716411.png) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Joseph Smith, Jr > [ According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I \[the Lord\] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/according-to-the-laws-and-constitution-of-the-people-which-i-the-lord/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/all-your-losses-will-be-made-up-to-you-in-the-resurrection-provided/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 captivity by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/a-man-is-saved-no-faster-than-he-gets-knowledge-for-if-he-does-not/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-never-told-you-i-was-perfect-but-there-is-no-error-in-the/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [ \[W\]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/w-e-shall-have-the-satisfaction-of-knowing-that-we-have-acted/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/if-i-had-not-actually-got-into-this-work-and-been-called-of-god-i/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 an exalted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-will-prove-that-the-world-is-wrong-by-showing-what-god-is-god/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/one-of-the-grand-fundamental-principles-of-mormonism-is-to-receive/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 much like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/i-never-thought-it-was-right-to-call-up-a-man-and-try-him-because-he/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-laundry-has-its-hands-on-my-dirty-shirts-sheets-towels-and/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/when-we-are-accomplishing-the-good-the-greatest-opposition-comes/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 will say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/salvation-cannot-come-without-revelation-men-of-the-present-time/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [ Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs \[the ancient saints'\] if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/will-not-the-lord-hear-my-prayers-and-listen-to-my-cries-as-soon-as/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [Let the Saints remember that great things depend on their individual exertion, and that they are called to be co-workers with us and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/let-the-saints-remember-that-great-things-depend-on-their-individual/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) > [Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/friendship-is-the-grand-fundamental-principle-of-mormonism/) [Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-smith-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/joseph-smith-jr/#itemlist", "name": "14 Should Quotes By Joseph Smith, Jr", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": ". . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Smith, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/meekness-love-purity-these-are-the-things-that-should-magnify-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/joseph-smith-jr-1647_love_meekness-love-purity-these-are-the-thing_594132.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/joseph-smith-jr-1647_love_meekness-love-purity-these-are-the-thing_594132.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/joseph-smith-jr-1647_love_meekness-love-purity-these-are-the-thing_594132.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“. . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us.” — Joseph Smith, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every man should esteem his neighbor as himself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Smith, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/every-man-should-esteem-his-neighbor-as-himself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/joseph-smith-jr-1647_esteem_every-man-should-esteem-his-neighbor-as_564470.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/joseph-smith-jr-1647_esteem_every-man-should-esteem-his-neighbor-as_564470.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/joseph-smith-jr-1647_esteem_every-man-should-esteem-his-neighbor-as_564470.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every man should esteem his neighbor as himself.” — Joseph Smith, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too much; the same master rebukes him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Smith, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-smith-jr/the-constitution-expects-every-man-to-do-his-duty-and-when-he-fails/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_the-constitution-expects-every-man-to-do_2588687.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_the-constitution-expects-every-man-to-do_2588687.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_the-constitution-expects-every-man-to-do_2588687.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. 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This may be so; but I do not recollect that he said exactly so. I believe he [Joseph] said something like this - that the time would come when the Constitution and the country would be in danger of an overthrow; and said he, If the Constitution be saved at all, it will be by the Elders of this Church. 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