Brigham Young Quotes

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• Let not the tongue give utterance to the evil that is in thine heart, but command thy tongue to be silent until good shall prevail…
• A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
• Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
• Honest hearts produce honest actions.
• The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.
• Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which…
• While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging…
• ... I believe the Father came down from heaven, as the apostles said he did, and begat the Saviour of the world; for he is…
• Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.
• If your are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.
• We are now going to the Lamanites, to whom we intend to be messengers of instruction... We will show them that in consequence of their…
• The best remedy for anger is delay.
• This doctrine of baptism for the dead is a great doctrine, one of the most glorious doctrines that was ever revealed to the human family;…
• When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in…
• No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman…
• He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is…
• My knowledge is, if you will follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, every man and woman…
• We believe we are entitled to the gift of the Holy Ghost in extent according to the discretion and wisdom of God and our faithfulness;…
• Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of…
• Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father

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