Quotes from Harold B. Lee

I want to say something to you men. You cannot destroy the appointment of a prophet of God, but you can cut the thread that binds you to the prophet of God, and sink yourselves to hell.

The most effective preaching of the gospel is when it is accompanied by beautiful, appropriate music.

The most important of all the commandments of God is that one that you are having the most difficulty keeping today.

The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.

The laws of God given to mankind are embodied in the gospel plan, and the Church of Jesus Christ is made responsible for teaching these laws to the world.

As I say, it never ceases to amaze me how gullible some of our Church members are.

Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter into the good graces of the flattered.

Don't get so busy that you don't have time to meditate. Take the time.... Christ may be nearer than we have knowledge. 'I am in your midst, but you do not see me.'

The greatest waste in all the world is living below our potential.

Testimony is not something you have today, and you are going to have always. A testimony is fragile. It is as hard to hold as a moonbeam. It is something you have to recapture every day of your life.

. . . the sin of abortion, or the destruction of unborn children - lies somewhere a close kin to the crime of destroying human life and certainly to be condemned.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of delaying too long before putting the fruit in the Jell-O so it's too firm and the chunks just sit on top.

Don't try to live too many days at a time.

My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell.

And what he ought to see, hear and understand is truth-eternal truth-and then practice it. That is conversion

Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. -Man is made great or little by his own will.

The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the wall of our own homes.

The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home.

You, our youth of today, are among the most illustrious spirits to be born into mortality in any age of the world. Yours is a noble heritage and a wonderful opportunity.

Missionary work is but home teaching to those who are not now members of the Church, and home teaching is nothing more or less than missionary work to Church members

Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them.