Brigham Young Quotes
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I will here say to parents, that kind words and loving actions towards children, will subdue their uneducated nature a great deal better than the rod, or, in other words, than physical punishment.
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We are prepared for some things, and we receive just as fast as we prepare ourselves.
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The spirit of truth will do more to bring persons to light and knowledge, than flowery words.
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My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out and out, to man or woman, money, food, clothing, or anything else. If they are able-bodied and can work and earn what they need, when there is anything on earth for them to do. This is my principle and I try to act upon it. To pursue a contrary course would ruin any community in the world and make them idlers.
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I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those laws which I despise, and which God, good men and angels abhor.
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... I believe the Father came down from heaven, as the apostles said he did, and begat the Saviour of the world; for he is the ONLY-begotten of the Father, which could not be if the Father did not actually beget him in person.... I believe the Father came down in His tabernacle and begat Jesus Christ.
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If you love the truth, you can remember it.
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Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately!
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Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.
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Lord, here am I, send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve that lives on the earth, or that ever goes on the earth.
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Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn.
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I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.
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To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.
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The apostates think that everybody is wrong but themselves.
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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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The difference between God and the Devil, is that God creates and organizes, while the whole study of the Devil is to convince children that light meat tastes good.
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If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!
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Fear arises from the weakness of the flesh over which the devil has power.
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Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned; and I will go still further, and say that this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord had given, and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.
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Whether surrounded with error or truth, the web woven around them in childhood's days lasts, and seldom wears threadbare...The traditions of my earliest recollection are so forcible upon me that it seems impossible for me to get rid of them. And so it is with others; hence the necessity of correct training in childhood.
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Will you stop drinking whiskey? Let me plead with you to do so. And if the sisters would not think it oppressive, I would ask them to not drink quite so much strong tea.
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A lawyer's duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it.
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We are in a great school, and we should be diligent to learn, and continue to store up the knowledge of heaven and of earth, and read good books, although I cannot say that I would recommend the reading of all books, for it is not all books which are good. Read good books, and extract from them wisdom and understanding as much as you possibly can, aided by the Spirit of God. (JD 12:124)
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God never made something out of nothing; it is not in the economy or law by which the worlds were, are, or will exist...