Quotes by Brigham Young

• Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
• Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
• The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.
• Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
• Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
• There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
• Love the giver more than the gift.
• We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
• In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
• If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
• I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.
• I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.
• Honest hearts produce honest actions.
• Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
• A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
• 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.
• True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
• Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.
• It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.
• Life is like a camera; focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t turn out, take another shot!