Best Quotes by Brigham Young (Top 10)
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You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.
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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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Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
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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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He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.
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True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
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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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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.
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Honest hearts produce honest actions.
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If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
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More Brigham Young Quotes
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We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
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The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an hour they swallow in three minutes gulping down their food like the [dog] under the table which when a chunk of meat is thrown down to it swallows it before you can say 'twice.' If you want a reform carry out the advice I have just given you. Dispense with your multitudinous dishes, and, depend upon it, you will do much towards preserving your families from sickness, disease and death.
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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.
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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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A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
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Love the giver more than the gift.
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Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
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Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
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There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
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I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.
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Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
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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.
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It's a lot more common now for someone to know a Mormon rather than just know of Mormons out in Utah, ... We seem more normal. We're not as exotic.
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The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.
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I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.
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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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