Teachings of Presidents of the Church Quotes

“There is not a young man in our community who would not be willing to travel from here to England to be married right, if he understood things as they are; there is not a young woman in our community, who loves the Gospel and wishes its blessings, that would be married in any other way; they would live unmarried until they could be married as they should be, [even] if they lived until they were as old as Sarah before she had Isaac born to her [see Genesis 17:17]. Many of our brethren have married off their children without taking this into consideration, and thinking it a matter of little importance. I wish we all understood this in the light in which heaven understands it.”
― Brigham Young, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“Think twice before you speak, and three times before you act.”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“In this probation, we have evil to contend with, and we must overcome it in ourselves, or we never shall overcome it anywhere else (DBY, 265).”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“We are trying to govern ourselves, and if we continue trying and faint not, we shall assuredly conquer (DBY, 265).”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“The sooner an individual resists temptation to do, say, or think wrong, while he has light to correct his judgment, the quicker he will gain strength and power to overcome every temptation to evil (DBY, 266).”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“Learn to control yourselves; learn to be in the hands of God as clay in the hands of the potter (DBY, 265).”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“Have we a will? Yes, it is an endowment, a trait of the character of the Gods, with which all intelligence is endowed, in heaven and on earth,—the power to accept or reject (DBY, 264).”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“[for] unless you control [your] passions [and] make all your faculties subservient to the principles God has revealed, you will never arrive at that state of happiness, glory, joy, peace, and eternal felicity that you are anticipating” (DNW, 15 Aug. 1860, 1).”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

“He measures the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meteth out heaven with a span, and comprehendeth the dust of the earth in a measure, and weigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance; the nations to him are as a drop in a bucket, and he taketh up the isles as a very little thing; the hairs of our heads are numbered by him, and not a sparrow falleth to the ground without our Father; and he knoweth every thought and intent of the hearts of all living, for he is everywhere present by the power of his Spirit—his minister, the Holy Ghost. He is the Father of all, is above all, through all, and in you all”
― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young