We went west willingly--because we had to.

All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God; and he will confound our enemies.

To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo of loveliness around every person who possesses it, making their countenances beam with light, and their society desirable because of its excellency. They are loved of God, of holy angels, and of all the good earth, while they are hated, envied, admired, and feared by the wicked.

... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time. And when I saw a funeral, I felt to envy the corpse its situation.

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.

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

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.