--- title: "3 Charles W. Nibley Quotes - Famous Priest" description: "Charles Wilson Nibley was a Scottish-American religious leader, businessman, and politician. Browse 3 Charles W. Nibley quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-w-nibley-22655.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Charles W. Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-w-nibley-22655.jpg) # Charles W. Nibley (1849–1931) Priest **3** quotes in **57** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Charles W. Nibley was a priest. ## Quick Facts About Charles W. Nibley Born February 5, 1849 Died December 11, 1931 Profession Priest ## About Charles W. Nibley Charles Wilson Nibley was a Scottish-American religious leader, businessman, and politician. Nibley was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as the fifth presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1907 and 1925 and a member of the church's First Presidency from 1925 until his death. He was also a businessman and was involved in various industries, such as lumber, sugar, and railroads. ## Quotes by Charles W. Nibley > [I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-w-nibley/i-believe-that-it-is-my-duty-and-your-duty-to-teach-our-children/) [Charles W. Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-w-nibley/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/charles-w-nibley-84841_believe_i-believe-that-it-is-my-duty-and-your-du_1413678.png) > [There is no excellence anywhere without labor. We would think a man foolish indeed who would say, "I am willing that my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-w-nibley/there-is-no-excellence-anywhere-without-labor-we-would-think-a-man/) [Charles W. Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-w-nibley/) [Bless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bless/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/charles-w-nibley-84841_bless_there-is-no-excellence-anywhere-without_1585285.jpg) > [There is something in the spirit of song...that fires the soul in a way that it can't otherwise be touched or fired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-w-nibley/there-is-something-in-the-spirit-of-song-that-fires-the-soul-in-a-way/) [Charles W. Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-w-nibley/) [Fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/charles-w-nibley-84841_fire_there-is-something-in-the-spirit-of-song_2957318.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-w-nibley/#itemlist", "name": "Charles W. Nibley Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law of liberty which he has given to this world, and which was never given before to any nation in any land. Never before has there been a representative government of this kind. 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