Quotes from Brigham Young

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

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

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

The best remedy for anger is delay.

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

Love the giver more than the gift.

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

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.

The gifts of the Gospel are given to strengthen the faith of the believer.

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.

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.

Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father

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.

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

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

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

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.