Top 160 Brigham Young Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “One thing is certain, wherever we go there is a proof that the people are keeping the commandments of the Lord, especially the first one – to multiply and replenish the earth.”

— Brigham Young

102. “They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers.”

— Brigham Young

103. “The government of heaven, if wickedly administered, would become one of the worst governments upon the face of the earth. No matter how good a government is, unless it is administered by righteous men, an evil government will be made of it.”

— Brigham Young

104. “I say, if you want to enjoy exquisitely, become a Latter-day Saint, and then live the doctrine of Jesus Christ.”

— Brigham Young

105. “We are prepared for some things, and we receive just as fast as we prepare ourselves.”

— Brigham Young

106. “Which would you part with first – your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?”

— Brigham Young

107. “When man desires to live as long as a tree, his diet will be fruit.”

— Brigham Young

108. “He is our Father – the Father of our Spirits, and was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted being.”

— Brigham Young

109. “What we commonly call death does not destroy the body, it only causes a separation of spirit and body.”

— Brigham Young

110. “My mind becomes tired, and perhaps some of yours do. If so, go and exercise your bodies.”

— Brigham Young

111. “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.”

— Brigham Young

112. “Some would have us believe that God is present everywhere. It is not so.”

— Brigham Young

113. “The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.”

— Brigham Young

114. “Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?”

— Brigham Young

115. “If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity.”

— Brigham Young

116. “We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation’s welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.”

— Brigham Young

117. “The spirit of truth will do more to bring persons to light and knowledge, than flowery words.”

— Brigham Young

118. “To gain the spiritual ascendancy over ourselves, and the influences with which we are surrounded, through a rigid course of self-discipline, is our first consideration, it is our first labor, before we can pave the way for our children to grow up without sin unto salvation.”

— Brigham Young

119. “It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times.”

— Brigham Young

120. “Let us seek to extend the present life to the uttermost by observing every law of health, and by properly balancing labor, study, rest and recreation.”

— Brigham Young

121. “It is our duty to improve upon every blessing the Lord gives to us.”

— Brigham Young

122. “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.”

— Brigham Young

123. “My people must be tried in all things, that they may be prepared to receive the glory that I have for them.”

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124. “All rational beings have an agency of their own; and according to their own choice they will be saved or damned.”

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125. “Will you love your brothers or sisters likewise, when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? Will you love that man or woman well enough to shed their blood?”

— Brigham Young

126. “The apostates think that everybody is wrong but themselves.”

— Brigham Young

127. “Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father.”

— Brigham Young

128. “It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.”

— Brigham Young

129. “God never made something out of nothing; it is not in the economy or law by which the worlds were, are, or will exist.”

— Brigham Young

130. “When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy.”

— Brigham Young

131. “Our religion will not clash with nor contradict the facts of science in any particular.”

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132. “I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.”

— Brigham Young

133. “The principle of love within us is an attribute of the Deity, and it is placed within us to be dispensed independently according to our own will.”

— Brigham Young

134. “This is the greatest wealth we possess: to know how to direct our labors rightly.”

— Brigham Young

135. “It is true that the blood of the Son of God was shed for sins through the fall and those committed by men, yet men can commit sins which it can never remit.”

— Brigham Young

136. “Do not reject anything because it is new or strange, and do not sneer nor jeer at what comes from the Lord, for if we do, we endanger our salvation.”

— Brigham Young

137. “The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.”

— Brigham Young

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

— Brigham Young

139. “If we hearken to counsel, we shall be the best people in the world; we shall be as a bright light set upon a hill, that cannot be hid, or like a candle upon a candlestick.”

— Brigham Young

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

— Brigham Young

141. “Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in.”

— Brigham Young

142. “The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge, wisdom, charity, fill them with compassion and cause them to feel after the wants of those who are in distress.”

— Brigham Young

143. “He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ.”

— Brigham Young

144. “The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been, so far as we know, except the government of the children of Israel to the time when they elected a king.”

— Brigham Young

145. “The man or woman who lives worthily now is in a state of salvation.”

— Brigham Young

146. “If we are not one, we are not in the true sense of the word the disciples of the Lord Jesus.”

— Brigham Young

147. “Let any people enjoy peace and quiet, unmolested, undisturbed, never be persecuted for their religion, and they are very likely to neglect their duty, to become cold and indifferent, and lose their faith.”

— Brigham Young

148. “It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.”

— Brigham Young

149. “It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.”

— Brigham Young

150. “This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth.”

— Brigham Young