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

There was a direct and positive association between cola consumption and the risk of high blood pressure, … It was present in sugared cola and diet cola, and it was absolutely a surprise to us.

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

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.

Love the giver more than the gift.

‘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.

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

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

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.

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

The difference between God and the Devil, is that God creates and organizes, while the whole study of the Devil is to destroy.

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

If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or...

He coached them from the bed and said, ‘I don’t care if we win a game this year; I want you to stay spiritually pure, glorify God and have fun,’ … And that’s coming from...

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

The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.

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

are entrepreneurs born or made?

Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.

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.

We have a work to do just as important in its sphere as the Savior’s work was in its sphere. Our fathers cannot be made perfect without us; we cannot be made perfect without them....

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.

If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family

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....

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...

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

I have a word to say to my sisters. When I reflect upon the duties and responsibilities devolving upon our mothers and sisters, and the influence they wield, I look upon them as the mainspring...

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...

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government

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

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...

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.

When I look upon the faces of intelligent beings I look upon the image of the God I serve. There are none but what have a certain portion of divinity within them; and though we...

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

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.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

How shall we know that we obey [God]? There is but one method by which we can know it, and that is by the inspiration of the Spirit of the Lord witnessing unto our spirit...

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.

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.

All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit and power of God write upon it what He pleases. When He writes,...

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

I honor and revere the name of Joseph Smith. I delight to hear it; I love it. I love his doctrine. I feel like shouting Hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever...

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

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...

Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation…all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.