Joseph Smith, Jr. Quotes

United States, Religious Leader
December 23, 1805 – June, 27, 1844.

Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. When he was 24, he published the Book of Mormon, and he had attracted tens of thousands of followers and founded a religion that continues to the present by the time of his death 14 years later.

Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Fire
- Came
- Flood
One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- God
- Meditation
- Visions
I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Church
- Heaven
- Doors
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- God
- Wisdom
- Teaching
What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- God
- Author
- Mormonism
An angel of God never has wings.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- God
- Angel
- Wings

I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdoms manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Vision
- Faithful
- Receive
Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Men
- Salvation
- Revelation
If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.

Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Life
- Friends
- Value