If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.

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 not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you at some time or place; they will do wrong or seem to, and your support be gone.

The Journal of Discourses ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every right-minded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of 'the light that shines from Zion's hill.

If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him

If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.

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.