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" As a boy, without experience, never having spoken in public in my life, for any length of time, never ten minutes at once, I was called to preside over a stake of Zion. "

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" I am free to confess that I am disappointed with the Yosemite valley. It seems only about one-half as grand as the American Fork canyon. "

Heber J. Grant

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I Am

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" Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does. "

" I have, all the days of my life, enjoyed singing very much. "

" There is no such thing as standing still. "

" I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing. "

" When I was about forty-three years of age, I had a private secretary with a beautiful baritone voice. I told him I would give anything in the world if I could only carry a tune. He laughed and said, 'Anybody who has a voice and perseverance can sing.' "

" When I was a child, next to my own mother, no woman that ever lived took as much interest in me, gave me as much motherly advice or seemed to love me more than did Sister Snow. I loved her with all my heart, and loved her hymn, 'O My Father.' "

" If you and I desire the blessings of life, of health, of vigor of body and mind; if we desire the destroying angel to pass us by, as he did in the days of the children of Israel, we must obey the Word of Wisdom; then God is bound, and the blessing shall come to us. "

" Many men say: 'If I could only see an angel, if I could only hear an angel proclaim something, that would cause me to be faithful all the days of my life!' "

Heber J. Grant

My Life

Life

" What the world needs today more than anything else is an implicit faith in God, our Father, and in Jesus Christ, His Son, as the Redeemer of the world. "

" I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet. "

" Every individual can improve from day to day, from year to year, and have greater capacity to do things as the years come and the years go. "

Heber J. Grant

Year

Individual

" Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts. "

" My wife Lucy was very sick for nearly three years prior to her death. At one time, I was in the hospital with her for six months. "

" I am always pleased when I have the opportunity of meeting with the Latter-day Saints in any of their gatherings. "

" To my mind, the main reason for the Depression in the United States as a whole, is the bondage of debt and the spirit of speculation among the people. "

" I appeal to the Latter-day Saints to be honest with the Lord, and I promise them that peace, prosperity and financial success will attend those who are honest with our Heavenly Father. "

" A Mormon knows that the promises of God are true, and He said that all will be tried; realizing these things the Latter-day Saints will acknowledge their Maker not only in blessings but also in tribulations. "

" My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune. "

" I ask every man and woman occupying a place of responsibility whose duty it is to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to live it and keep the commandments of God, so that their example will teach it. "

" I don't care if every patriarch in the Church has made a mistake in a blessing, and told a lie, I believe with all my heart and soul that the gospel is true, and I will not allow my faith to be upset. "

" Thank the Lord for a mother who was a general as well as a Latter-day Saint; who realized that it was a remarkable and splendid thing to encourage a boy to do something besides perhaps milking cows if he was on a farm, if he had ambitions along athletic lines. "

" I, of course, owe everything to my mother, because my father died when I was only nine days of age; and the marvelous teachings, the faith, the integrity of my mother have been an inspiration to me. "

" As a man grows and increases in the things of this world, if he is not careful, he will lose the Spirit of the Lord, and he will set his heart upon the things of this world. "

" I know of nothing that brings greater joy to the human heart than laboring at home or abroad for the salvation of the souls of men. I know of nothing which gives us a greater love of all that is good, than teaching this Gospel of Jesus Christ. "

" When I was about twenty-five years of age, Professor Sims informed me that I could sing, but added, 'I would like to be at least forty miles away while you are doing it.' "

Heber J. Grant

Doing

" Every living soul among the Latter-day Saints that fasts two meals once a month will be benefited spiritually and be built up in the faith of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ - benefited spiritually in a wonderful way - and sufficient means will be in the hands of the bishops to take care of all the poor. "

" There never was one particle of... jealousy... in the heart of Hyrum Smith. "

" There is no better example of an older brother's love than that exhibited in the life of Hyrum Smith for the Prophet Joseph Smith. "

" Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing. "