Brigham Young Quotes

#1. 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 to me - namely that Adam is our Father and God - ...

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#2. Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.

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#3. It is our duty to improve upon every blessing the Lord gives to us.

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#4. This doctrine of baptism for the dead is a great doctrine, one of the most glorious doctrines that was ever revealed to the human family; and there are light, power, glory, honor and immortality in it.

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#5. Which would you part with first
your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?

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#6. Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity.

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#7. Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family.

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#8. Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

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#9. When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy

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#10. As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly they will never want to leave you.

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#11. The signers of the Declaration of Independence and the framers of the Constitution were inspired from on high to do that work.

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#12. The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.

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#13. If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.

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#14. The introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time. And when I saw a funeral, I felt to envy the corpse its situation.

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#15. This intelligence must endure ... The glory and intelligence that God has prepared for the faithful, no man knoweth. Should not this fill every heart with peace and joy - that there is no end to the progress of knowledge?

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#16. When man desires to live as long as a tree, his diet will be fruit.

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#17. We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

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#18. Learn to be good for something.

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#19. I never cared but for one thing, and that is, simply to know that I am right before my Father in Heaven. If I am this moment, this day doing the things God requires of my hands, and precisely where my Father in Heaven wants me to be, I care no more about tomorrow than though it would never come.

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#20. I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet.

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#21. My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pig, bread already buttered, etc. He will provide us with the ability to raise the grain.

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#22. Now, there is no harm in a teapot, even if it contains tea, if it is let alone.

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#23. A man who did not have but one wife in the Resurrection that woman will not be his but be taken from him & given to another.

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#24. It is the duty of a Saint of God to gain all the influence he can on this earth, and to use every particle of that influence to do good.

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#25. A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

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#26. Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.

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#27. To gain the spiritual ascendancy over ourselves, and the influences with which we are surrounded, through a rigid course of self-discipline, is our first consideration, it is our first labor, before we can pave the way for our children to grow up without sin unto salvation.

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#28. It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal
their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different; the one leads to eternal life and exaltation, the other to death and final destruction.

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#29. 'Mormonism' has made me all I am; and the grace, the power, and the wisdom of God will make me all that I ever will be, either in time or in eternity.

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#30. He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

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#31. My people must be tried in all things, that they may be prepared to receive the glory that I have for them.

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#32. Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn.

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#33. [Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.

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#34. Lord, here am I, send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve that lives on the earth, or that ever goes on the earth.

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

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#36. Some would have us believe that God is present everywhere. It is not so

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#37. Our religion will not clash with nor contradict the facts of science in any particular.

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#38. If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

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#39. There is no music in hell, for all good music belongs to heaven.

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#40. The principle of love within us is an attribute of the Deity, and it is placed within us to be dispensed independently according to our own will.

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#41. If we ever walk in streets paved with gold, we will have placed it there ourselves.

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#42. I testify that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of the world; I have obeyed his sayings, and realized his promise, and the knowledge I have of him, the wisdom of this world cannot give, neither can it take away.

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#43. Sin keeps a man from prayer, and prayer keeps a man from sin.

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#44. 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.

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#45. Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned; and I will go still further, and say that this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord had given, and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.

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#46. Anger should never be permitted to rise in our bosoms, and words suggested by angry feelings should never be permitted to pass our lips. 'A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger'.

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#47. Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.

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#48. I do not lift my voice against the great and glorious Government guaranteed to every citizen by the Constitution, but against those corrupt administrators who trample the Constitution and just laws under their feet.

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#49. Let the people be led by the revelations of Jesus Christ, and the finger of God will be made manifest before them day by day in their progress to eternal happiness; for this is the privilege of the faithful.

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

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#51. The spirit of truth will do more to bring persons to light and knowledge, than flowery words.

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#52. The apostates think that everybody is wrong but themselves.

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#53. I have never altered my feelings towards individuals, as men or as women, whether they believe as I do or not. Can you live as neighbors with me? I can with you; and it is no particular concern of mine whether you believe with me or not.

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#54. What we commonly call death does not destroy the body, it only causes a separation of spirit and body.

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#55. All the difference between men and angels is, men are passing through the day of trial that angels have already passed through.

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#56. I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.

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#57. The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.

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#58. All rational beings have an agency of their own; and according to their own choice they will be saved or damned.

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#59. Fear arises from the weakness of the flesh over which the devil has power.

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#60. Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost, he will do good.

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

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#62. In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.

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#63. It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.

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#64. If any of you wish to know how to have your bread fall butter side up, butter it on both sides, and then it will fall butter side up.

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#65. 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 who administer the government.

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#66. If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!

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#67. If there ever comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you can know with assurance that the Church is no longer led by a Prophet, but a mere man.

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#68. Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life.

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#69. Will you stop drinking whiskey? Let me plead with you to do so. And if the sisters would not think it oppressive, I would ask them to not drink quite so much strong tea.

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#70. I believe the Father came down from heaven, as the apostles said he did, and begat the Saviour of the world; for he is the ONLY-begotten of the Father, which could not be if the Father did not actually beget him in person ... I believe the Father came down in His tabernacle and begat Jesus Christ.

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#71. There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

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#72. Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

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#73. I do not want "Mormonism" to become popular; I would not, if I could, make it as popular as the Roman Catholic Church is in Italy, or as the Church of England is in England, because the wicked and ungodly would crowd into it in their sins.

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#74. When the time came that His first-born, the Saviour, should come into the world and take a tabernacle, the Father came Himself and favoured that spirit with a tabernacle instead of letting any other man do it.

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#75. Pray as though everything depended on the Lord and work as though everything depended on you.

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

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#77. If you love the truth, you can remember it.

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#78. If we lack confidence in each other, and be jealous of each other, our peace will be destroyed. If we cultivate the principles of unshaken confidence in each other, our joy will be full.

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#79. 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 Jesus Christ; this is the greatest mystery we have to learn while in these tabernacles of clay.

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#80. My mind becomes tired, and perhaps some of yours do. If so, go and exercise your bodies.

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#81. Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

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#82. Let us seek to extend the present life to the uttermost by observing every law of health, and by properly balancing labor, study, rest and recreation.

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#83. My business is to obey when the Lord commands, and this is the duty of all mankind.

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#84. This is the greatest wealth we possess: to know how to direct our labors rightly.

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#85. Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.

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#86. We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.

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#87. It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.

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#88. If we hearken to counsel, we shall be the best people in the world; we shall be as a bright light set upon a hill, that cannot be hid, or like a candle upon a candlestick.

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#89. Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

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#90. The government of heaven, if wickedly administered, would become one of the worst governments upon the face of the earth. No matter how good a government is, unless it is administered by righteous men, an evil government will be made of it.

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#91. Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children!

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#92. The people must have amusement as well as religion ... every pure enjoyment is from heaven.

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#93. Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in.

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#94. Will you love your brothers or sisters likewise, when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? Will you love that man or woman well enough to shed their blood?

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#95. If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

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#96. The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been, so far as we know, except the government of the children of Israel to the time when they elected a king.

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#97. It's a lot more common now for someone to know a Mormon rather than just know of Mormons out in Utah, ... We seem more normal. We're not as exotic.

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#98. When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him.

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#99. We must not love the world, nor the things of the world, until the world is sanctified and prepared to be presented to the Father with the Saints upon it; then they will inhabit it for ever and ever.

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#100. I will here say to parents, that kind words and loving actions towards children, will subdue their uneducated nature a great deal better than the rod, or, in other words, than physical punishment.

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