Our faith is concentrated in the Son of God, and through him in the Father; and the Holy Ghost is their minister to bring truths to our remembrance, to reveal new truths to us, and teach, guide, and direct the course of every mind, until we become perfected and prepared to go home, where we can see and converse with our Father in Heaven.

I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.

Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

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.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

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.

A few years ago one of my wives, when talking about wives leaving their husbands said, 'I wish my husband's wives would leave him, every soul of them except myself.' That is the way they all feel, more or less, at times, both old and young.