Quotes by Brigham Young

“I never cared but for one thing, and that is, simply to know that I am right before my Father in Heaven. If I am this moment, this day doing the things God requires of my hands, and precisely where my Father in Heaven wants me to be, I care no more about tomorrow than though it would never come.”

“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.”

“The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.”

“There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.”

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

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

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”

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

“Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.”

“Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.”

“I dont care about my character here on earth.I dont care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.”

“In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.”

“are entrepreneurs born or made?”

“Its a lot more common now for someone to know a Mormon rather than just know of Mormons out in Utah, ... We seem more normal. Were not as exotic.”

“He coached them from the bed and said, I dont care if we win a game this year; I want you to stay spiritually pure, glorify God and have fun, ... And thats coming from a very competitive guy.”

“There was a direct and positive association between cola consumption and the risk of high blood pressure, ... It was present in sugared cola and diet cola, and it was absolutely a surprise to us.”

“It is pleasing to God whenever thou rejoices or laughest from the bottom of thy heart”

“To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God”

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.

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.