Brigham Young Quotes
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Every man and woman who has talent and hides it will be called a slothful servant. Improve day by day upon the capital you have. In proportion as we are capacitated to receive, so it is our duty to do.
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To be damned is to be banished from, or be deprived of living in the presence of the Father and the Son. Who will live with him? They who will come up and inherit the highest glory that is prepared for the faithful.
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What we commonly call death does not destroy the body, it only causes a separation of spirit and body.
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My people must be tried in all things, that they may be prepared to receive the glory that I have for them.
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If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.
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How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me - namely that Adam is our Father and God-.
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Some wise being organized my system, and gave me my capacity, put into my heart and brain something that delights, charms, and fills me with rapture at the sound of sweet music.
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Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.
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Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.
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There is neither man or woman in this Church who is not on a mission. That mission will last as long as they live, and it is to do good, to promote righteousness, to teach the principles of truth, and to prevail upon themselves and everybody around them to live those principles that they may obtain eternal life...
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Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?
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We need to learn, practice, study, know, and understand how angels live with each other. When this community comes to the point to be perfectly honest and upright, you will never find a poor person; none will lack, all will have sufficient.
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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.
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They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers...
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Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints.
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We shall continue to do it until God tell us to stop, or until we pass into sin and iniquity, which will never be.
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When I look upon the faces of intelligent beings I look upon the image of the God I serve. There are none but what have a certain portion of divinity within them; and though we are clothed with bodies which are in the image of our God, yet this mortality shrinks before that portion of divinity which we inherit from our Father.
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Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test...
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My mind becomes tired, and perhaps some of yours do. If so, go and exercise your bodies.
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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.
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As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly they will never want to leave you.
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Kind looks, kind actions, kind words, and a lovely, holy deportment towards them will bind our children to us with bands that cannot easily be broken; while abuse and unkindness will drive them from us, and break asunder every holy tie that should bind them to us and to the everlasting covenant in which we are all embraced.
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Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.
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Our religion will not clash with nor contradict the facts of science in any particular.