Birth: November 22, 1856 Death: May 14, 1945
I assert with confidence that the law of success, here and hereafter, is to have a humble and a prayerful heart, and to work, work, work..
If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God..
In times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and of blessing, let us pray always, both alone and with our families..
Satan...[plans] to destroy liberty and freedom ~ economic, political, and religious, and to set up in place thereof the greatest, most widespread, an….
When you are in the line of your duty, it is like standing in front of a line of posts, and every post is in line. But step one step aside, and every….
I believe that we can accomplish any object that we make up our minds to, and no boy or girl ought to sit down and say, because they cannot do as wel….
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means. And if the….
Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working..
I remember that after that teaching given to me as a young man, as a boy, almost, by the President of the Church. I read this chapter about once a w….
There is no true Latter-day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or her chastity - realizing that cha….
There is no other labor in all the world that brings to a human heart, judging from my own personal experience, more joy, peace and serenity than pro….
If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty..
The birth of Christ our Lord was more than an incident, it was an epoch in the history of the world... He came to teach us the character of God, and ….
I have no animosity against any living soul..
I value all things as nothing in comparison with having the spirit of God to guide me..
Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts..
I am deeply interested in this work. I am anxious to encourage the people to press on in securing their genealogies and after doing so in laboring in….
In the quiet hours, in the heat of battle, and through the hazards of the day; in times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and of blessing, let us pr….
I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach..
The faith of the Latter-day Saints and the teaching that I have had since I was a child at my mother's knee, as well as from this stand, is that the ….
Of what good is our faith, our repentance, our baptism, and all the sacred ordinances of the gospel by which we have been made ready to receive the b….