Quotes from Karl G. Maeser

The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.

Let your first 'good morning' be to your Heavenly Father.

No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.

Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.

Make the wise man within you your living ideal.

Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.

Make the man within your living ideal.

Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

There is no truth that has not its source in the Author of all truth.

He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.

Be yourself, but always your better self.

There is a Mount Sinai for every child of God if he only knows where to find it.