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Top 15 George Q. Cannon Quotes (2025 Update)

George Q. Cannon Quote: “Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for his holy Priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness.”

1. “Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for his holy Priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.”

2. “No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “I feel like saying ‘Damn the Law.’”

3. “I feel like saying ‘Damn the Law.’”

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George Q. Cannon Quote: “These birds and animals and fish cannot speak, but they can suffer, and our God who created them, knows their sufferings, and will hold him who causes them to suffer unnecessarily to answer for it. It is a sin against their Creator.”

4. “These birds and animals and fish cannot speak, but they can suffer, and our God who created them, knows their sufferings, and will hold him who causes them to suffer unnecessarily to answer for it. It is a sin against their Creator.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be; for it is a spirit of cheerfulness and of happiness.”

5. “When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be; for it is a spirit of cheerfulness and of happiness.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.”

6. “If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.”

7. “I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you at some time or place; they will do wrong or seem to, and your support be gone;.”

8. “Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you at some time or place; they will do wrong or seem to, and your support be gone;.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “The proper education of a man decides his welfare, but the interests of a whole family are secured by the correct education of a woman.”

9. “The proper education of a man decides his welfare, but the interests of a whole family are secured by the correct education of a woman.”

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George Q. Cannon Quote: “Every man and woman who has received the truth should live in such a manner before the Lord as to have the light of the Holy Spirit constantly beaming upon their minds. They should be in close communion through that Holy Spirit, with their God, so that if they had to stand alone in the midst of a gainsaying world they should be living witness to the truth of the Gospel and the power of God manifested in these days... having the consciousness that God was directing them in all their ways.”

10. “Every man and woman who has received the truth should live in such a manner before the Lord as to have the light of the Holy Spirit constantly beaming upon their minds. They should be in close communion through that Holy Spirit, with their God, so that if they had to stand alone in the midst of a gainsaying world they should be living witness to the truth of the Gospel and the power of God manifested in these days... having the consciousness that God was directing them in all their ways.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “If plural marriage be divine, as the Latter-day Saints say it is, no power on earth can suppress it, unless you crush and destroy the entire people.”

11. “If plural marriage be divine, as the Latter-day Saints say it is, no power on earth can suppress it, unless you crush and destroy the entire people.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “We may pass through the fiery furnace, we may pass through deep waters, but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from these trials and difficulties better and purer for them if we only trust in God.”

12. “We may pass through the fiery furnace, we may pass through deep waters, but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from these trials and difficulties better and purer for them if we only trust in God.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “Children of polygamists besides being equally as bright and brighter intellectually, are much more healthy and strong.”

13. “Children of polygamists besides being equally as bright and brighter intellectually, are much more healthy and strong.”

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George Q. Cannon Quote: “The Journal of Discourses ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every right-minded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of ’the light that shines from Zion’s hill.”

14. “The Journal of Discourses ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every right-minded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of ’the light that shines from Zion’s hill.”

— George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon Quote: “If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.”

15. “If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.”

— George Q. Cannon

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