Brigham Young Quotes

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• If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

  Brigham Young

  Hell, About Yourself, Bad Thoughts

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

  Brigham Young

  Family, Education, Strong Women

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• He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

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  Fool, Rage, Paradox

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

  Brigham Young

  Praying, Ifs

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• Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

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  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Self Worth

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• Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children!

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  Children, Order, Heaven

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• If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.

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  Children, Father, Giving

  Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.205

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• If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!

  Brigham Young

  Hard Work, Hell, Ifs

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• Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.

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  Father, Men, White Man

  Journal of Discourses, vol. 10, p. 110, 1863.

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• I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security... Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.

  Brigham Young

  Men, Self, Lds

  Brigham Young's remarks in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City (January 12, 1862), as quoted in "Journal of Discourses" by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Volume 9, p. 150), 1862.

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• You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind....Cain slew his brother. Can might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings. This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin.

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  Brother, Blessing, Class

  Journal of Discourses, vol. 7 (p. 290), 1863.

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• Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.

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  Sleep, People, Balance

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• Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

  Brigham Young

  Marriage, Men, Community

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• If I had the choice of educating a boy or a girl, I would educate the girl. If you educate a boy, you educate one, but if you educate a girl, you educate a generation.

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  Girl, Boys, Choices

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• It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

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  Wise, Forget, Trouble

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• Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

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  Glasses, Sea, Sun

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• No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.

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  Inspiring, Education, Adversity

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• Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.

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  Prayer, Potatoes, Milk

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• The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy

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  Son, Men, Exaltation

  Brigham Young (1867). “Journal of Discourses”, p.269

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• Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately!

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  Baby, Good Intentions, Cry

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• Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.

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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Trials

  Brigham Young (1861). “Journal of Discourses”, p.150

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• A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

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  Greatness, Men, Good Man

  Brigham Young (1856). “Journal of Discourses”, p.120

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• We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

  Brigham Young

  Motivational, Family, Success

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• 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.

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  Humble, Toil, May

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• There is neither man or woman in this Church who is not on a mission. That mission will last as long as they live, and it is to do good, to promote righteousness, to teach the principles of truth, and to prevail upon themselves and everybody around them to live those principles that they may obtain eternal life

  Brigham Young

  Men, Long, Church

  Brigham Young (1867). “Journal of Discourses”

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