"If I lose my life in a good……" — Joseph Smith, Jr.
"If I lose my life in a good cause I am willing to be sacrificed on the altar of virtue, righteousness and truth, in maintaining the laws and Constitution of the United States, if need be, for the general good of mankind."
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169 Quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr.
Joseph Smith, Jr. has 169 quotes on this site.
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If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.
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Happiness is the object and design of our existence.
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The root of masculine is stronger, and of feminine weaker. The sun is a governing planet to certain planets, while…
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How precious are the souls of men!
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You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission…
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And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and…
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In your hands or that of any other person, so much power would, no doubt, be dangerous. I am the…
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Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the…
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There is a difference between the Holy Ghost and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Cornelius received the Holy Ghost…
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No man can receive the Holy Ghost without receiving revelations. The Holy Ghost is a revelator.
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And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches,…
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The old Catholic church traditions are worth more than all you have said. Here is a principle of logic that…
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More Altar Quotes
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The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.
— Felix Adler
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Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to…
— Annie Besant
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar…
— Aeschylus
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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both…
— John Ruskin
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The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be…
— Joseph de Maistre
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Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar. Please keep going, Courtney, for Frances, for her life will be so…
— Kurt Cobain
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Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured…
— Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.
— Charles Spurgeon
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The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to…
— Thomas Jefferson
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When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for…
— Winston Churchill
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