Occupation: Founding Figure Birth: June 1, 1801 Death: August 29, 1877
Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up..
Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation..
Brother Cannon remarked that people wondered how many wives and children I had. He may inform them that I shall have wives and children by the millio….
Some of you may ask, ?Is there a single ordinance to be dispensed with? Is there one of the commandments that God has enjoined upon the people, that ….
How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed ….
Mend it, fix it, make do, or do without..
I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do not love the damned rascals….
If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity. ….
Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you..
Honest hearts produce honest actions..
I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those laws which I despise, and which God, goo….
He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has su….
Emma took the revelation, on polygamy supposed she had all there was; but Joseph had wisdom enough to take care of it, and he had handed the revelati….
Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, of Jesus, and ….
If we ever walk in streets paved with gold, we will have placed it there ourselves..
It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them..
Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately!.
I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the ….
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation..
No person having the least particle of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood.
The greatest mystery a man ever learned, is to know how to control the human mind, and bring every faculty and power of the same in subjection to Jes….