Karl G. Maeser Quotes
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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The fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom. This life is one great object lesson to practice on the principles of immortality and eternal life. Man grows with his higher aims. Let naught that is unholy enter here.
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Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.
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Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.
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He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.
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Be yourself, but always your better self.
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I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.
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No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.
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Infidelity is consumption of the soul.
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There is a Mount Sinai for every child of God if he only knows where to find it.
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No righteous rules, however rigid, are too stringent for me; I will live above them.
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The Lord never does anything arbitrarily.
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Youth demands recreation, and if it is not provided in high places, they will seek it in low places.