If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy.
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.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
Love the giver more than the gift.
Honest hearts produce honest actions.
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?
The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle every day.
A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
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.
Brother Cannon remarked that people wondered how many wives and children I had. He may inform them that I shall have wives and children by the million, and glory, and riches, and power, and dominion, and kingdom after kingdom, and reign triumphantly.
Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints.
Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.
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.
We went west willingly – because we had to.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.