Occupation: Political Figure Birth: January 11, 1827 Death: April 12, 1901
If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind..
Do not allow darkness and gloom to enter into your hearts. I want to give you a rule by which you may know that the spirit which you have is the righ….
Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you at some time or place; they ….
I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community..
The Journal of Discourses ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every right-minded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number….
The saints should always remember that God sees not as man sees; that he does not willingly afflict his children, and that if he requires them to end….
The proper education of a man decides his welfare, but the interests of a whole family are secured by the correct education of a woman..
Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for his holy Priesthood, le….
Your children....are like diamonds...they may need polish.. and education of the right kind will impart this lustre..
Children of polygamists besides being equally as bright and brighter intellectually, are much more healthy and strong..
No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will..
We have got to be watchful, for I tell you God has sent us here to test us and to prove us. We were true in keeping our first estate. The people that….
When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be; for it is a….
It is true that some have greater power of resistance than others, but everyone has the power to close his heart against doubt, against darkness, aga….
It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome...was a monogamic nation and the numero….
You may talk about religion and speak about the Gospel, and say we have got the truth and the plan of salvation, and we have got the authority of the….
The greatest events that have been spoken of by all the Holy Prophets will come along so naturally as the consequences of certain causes, that unless….
After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, there were only two churches upon the earth. They were known respectively as the….
Do angels take the Lord's name in vain? The idea is so ridiculous that we scarcely like to ask the question. ... How dare we do that which angels dar….
If plural marriage be divine, as the Latter-day Saints say it is, no power on earth can suppress it, unless you crush and destroy the entire people..
If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We can….