311 Quotes by Brigham Young

The gifts of the Gospel are given to strengthen the faith of the believer.

Every organization of our government, the best government in the world, is crumbling to pieces. Those who have it in their hands are the ones who are destroying it. How long will it be before the words of the prophet Joseph will be fulfilled? He said if the Constitution of the United States were saved at all it must be done by this people. It will not be many years before these words come to pass.

If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!

There is no calling of God to man on earth but what brings with it the evidence of its authenticity.

Fear arises from the weakness of the flesh over which the devil has power.

People are not to be driven and you can put into a gnat’s eye all the souls of the children of men that are driven into heaven by preaching hell-fire.

I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else.

If we ever walk in streets paved with gold, we will have placed it there ourselves.

He coached them from the bed and said, 'I don't care if we win a game this year; I want you to stay spiritually pure, glorify God and have fun,' ... And that's coming from a very competitive guy.