Explore Quotes by Brigham Young

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

Love the giver more than the gift.

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 Lord.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

I shall not cease learning while I live, nor when I arrive in the spirit-world… and when I again receive my body, I shall …still continue my researches

If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.

I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.

When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for attaining the objects they are seeking. But while they yield to a feeling or spirit that distracts their minds from a subject they wish to study and learn, so long they will never gain the mastery of their minds.

It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times.

The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an hour they swallow in three minutes gulping down their food like the [dog] under the table which when a chunk of meat is thrown down to it swallows it before you can say 'twice.' If you want a reform carry out the advice I have just given you. Dispense with your multitudinous dishes, and, depend upon it, you will do much towards preserving your families from sickness, disease and death.

Our faith is concentrated in the Son of God, and through him in the Father; and the Holy Ghost is their minister to bring truths to our remembrance, to reveal new truths to us, and teach, guide, and direct the course of every mind, until we become perfected and prepared to go home, where we can see and converse with our Father in Heaven.

I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security... Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.

If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175)

Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately!

It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.

Learn to be good for something.

If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!

The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.