The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.

It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.

I wanted to thunder and roar out the Gospel to all nations. It burned in my bones like fire pent up... Nothing would satisfy me but to cry abroad in the world, what the Lord was doing in the latter days.

I believe in sisters marrying brothers, and brothers having their sisters for wives... This is something pertaining to our marriage relation. The whole world will think what an awful thing it is. What an awful thing it would be if the Mormons should just say we believe in marrying brothers and sisters.

I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.

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

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.