Brigham Young

“To gain the spiritual ascendancy over ourselves, and the influences with which we are surrounded, through a rigid course of self-discipline, is our first consideration, it is our first labor, before we can pave the way for our children to grow up without sin unto salvation.”

“Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.”

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”

“If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.”

“The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.”

“If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.”

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

“Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?”

“He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.”

“I don't care whether the people believe me to be a prophet, seer, or revelator or not - I have been very profitable to this people, and I have seen a good many things, and I have revealed many things.”

“If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.”

“I am a firm believer in slavery.”

“I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self security. Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.”

“If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.”

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

“We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.”

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

“I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.”

“If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family”

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”