Brigham Young Quotes

1801-1877, American Mormon Leader
quotes
16
topics
12
Origin
What do these mean?
Topic
“Love the giver more than the gift.”
Love
“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”
DisputedNo reliable early source found for Brigham Young. · evidenceHonesty
“The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.”
Labor
“A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.”
Greatness
“Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.”
Opportunity
“True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.”
Right and Rightness
“I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.”
Law and Lawyers
“It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.”
Trouble
“Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.”
Marriage
“Never let a day so pass that you will have cause to say, "I will live better to-morrow,"”
VerifiedJournal of Discourses 8:140 (August 5, 1860) · evidenceCommitment
“In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.”
Friends and Friendship
“We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.”
Example
“Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?”
Silence
“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.”
Education
“There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.”
Knowledge
“Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.”
DisputedNo reliable early source found for Brigham Young. · evidenceReligion