Quotes from Stephen L. Richards

Any conscious, wilful impairment of the body is an affront to God.

Debt robs a man of much of the energy and support which he is otherwise able to give to the church and to other good causes.

Keeping the commandments . . . is at once a demonstration of our intelligence, our knowledge, our character, and our wisdom.

[Debt] It has driven thousands to drink, and the worry and anxiety it has created have literally taken the lives of many of our ablest men. It has prostrated individuals, enterprises and nations.