Ancient Quote by Orson F. Whitney

Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.

— Orson F. Whitney

Our Heavenly Father is far more merciful, infinitely more charitable, than even the best of his servants, and the Everlasting Gospel is mightier in…

— Orson F. Whitney

This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful wife of…

— Orson F. Whitney

Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's…

— Orson F. Whitney

The God we worship is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of men's rights, and a guardian of them-a fact clearly…

— Orson F. Whitney

“They sighed: "This leadeth to captivity-- Perchance destruction, ending dark and dire. Yet must we yield to human liberty Its own, e'en though a…

— Orson F. Whitney

Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small poets, and…

— Orson F. Whitney

It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than…

— Orson F. Whitney

There is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us.

— Orson F. Whitney

It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make…

— Orson F. Whitney

Poetry is that sentiment of the soul, or faculty of the mind, which enables its possessor to appreciate and realize the heights and depths…

— Orson F. Whitney

“Education, human education, is the leading out and lifting up of the soul into the ripe, full enjoyment of all its powes potential. To…

— Orson F. Whitney