311 Quotes by Brigham Young

The Christian world, I discovered, was like the captain and crew of a vessel on the ocean without a compass, and tossed to and fro whithersoever the wind listed to blow them. When the light came to me, I saw that all the so-called Christian world was grovelling in darkness

What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.

All the difference between men and angels is, men are passing through the day of trial that angels have already passed through.

Let me give you a definition in brief. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father, passing the angels who stand as sentinels, being enabled to give them the key words, the signs and tokens, pertaining to the holy Priesthood, and gain your eternal exaltation in spite of earth and hell

It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal -- their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different; the one leads to eternal life and exaltation, the other to death and final destruction.

Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?

If any of you wish to know how to have your bread fall butter side up, butter it on both sides, and then it will fall butter side up.

Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test

Now, there is no harm in a teapot, even if it contains tea, if it is let alone.