Your children....are like diamonds...they may need polish.. and education of the right kind will impart this lustre.

The greatest events that have been spoken of by all the Holy Prophets will come along so naturally as the consequences of certain causes, that unless our eyes are enlightened by the Spirit of God, and the spirit of revelation rests upon us, we will fail to see that these are the events predicted by the Holy Prophets.

You may talk about religion and speak about the Gospel, and say we have got the truth and the plan of salvation, and we have got the authority of the Priesthood; but if we are not honest, it does not amount to anything; for neither God nor honorable men love dishonesty. We must, therefore, be an honest people.

Children of polygamists besides being equally as bright and brighter intellectually, are much more healthy and strong.

No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.

Do angels take the Lord's name in vain? The idea is so ridiculous that we scarcely like to ask the question. ... How dare we do that which angels dare not do? Is it possible for us to argue that that which is forbidden in heaven is praiseworthy on earth?

I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.