James E. Talmage

Prayer is the Lord's great sterilizer against the germs of spiritual disease.

— James E. Talmage

Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser…

— James E. Talmage

We hear much nowadays as to the speculative ideas of men concerning the condition beyond the grave; but the admission that there…

— James E. Talmage

“His message delivered, Gabriel departed, leaving the chosen Virgin of Nazareth to ponder over her wondrous experience. Mary's promised Son was to…

— James E. Talmage

“The solemn testimonies of millions dead and of millions living unite in proclaiming Him as divine, the Son of the Living God,…

— James E. Talmage

Within the Gospel of Jesus Christ there is room and place for every truth thus far learned by man or yet to…

— James E. Talmage

No jot, iota, or tittle of the temple rites is otherwise than uplifting and sanctifying. In every detail the endowment ceremony contributes…

— James E. Talmage

Belief is in a sense passive, an agreement or acceptance only; faith is active and positive, embracing such reliance and confidence as…

— James E. Talmage

“indeed but little is said of Him by secular historians of His time. Few and short as are the allusions to Him…

— James E. Talmage

“Here they [the Jaredites] became a flourishing nation; but, giving way in time to internal dissensions, they divided into factions, which warred…

— James E. Talmage

“We claim scriptural authority for the assertion that Jesus Christ was and is God the Creator, the God who revealed Himself to…

— James E. Talmage

“We talk of independence. No man is independent. We are all interdependent; and we shall only rise as we carry others with…

— James E. Talmage

“The man who cannot listen to an argument which opposes his views either has a weak position or is a weak defender…

— James E. Talmage

No man will be kept in hell loner than is necessary to bring him to a fitness for something better. When he…

— James E. Talmage

Gratitude is twin sister to humility; Pride is foe to both.

— James E. Talmage

The world's greatest champion of woman and womanhood is Jesus the Christ.

— James E. Talmage

Physical exercise is indispensable to the development of body, and quite as certainly is spiritual activity requisite to the healthful and normal…

— James E. Talmage

“The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.'—Psalms 25:14.”

— James E. Talmage

“Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a…

— James E. Talmage

The Lord's hand in in our lives; if we will but feel for it, in the darkness, we can grasp it and…

— James E. Talmage

No pang that is suffered by man or woman upon the earth will be without its compensating effect . . . if…

— James E. Talmage

“The God I worship is the personification of love, but not that maudlin love that oftimes blinds our eyes to facts and…

— James E. Talmage

Belief, in one of its accepted senses, may consist in a merely intellectual assent, while faith implies such confidence and conviction as…

— James E. Talmage

“The actual companionship of the Holy Ghost, the divinely--bestowed right to His ministrations, the sanctifying baptism with fire, are given as a…

— James E. Talmage

“Christ proclaimed: "I am the good shepherd." He then further showed, and with eloquent exactness, the difference between a shepherd and a…

— James E. Talmage