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

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

" I value all things as nothing in comparison with having the spirit of God to guide me. "

" 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.' "

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

" It is a remarkable fact that we can never read or hear of the labors which our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ performed, without taking pleasure in it, while, on the other hand, there is nothing so interesting in the life and history of any other individual but what by hearing or reading it time and time again we become tired of it. "

" 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. "

" There stand out in my life many incidents in my youth, of wonderful inspiration and power through men preaching the gospel in the spirit of testimony and prayer. "

" When I first began to learn to sing, it took me from three to four months to learn two simple hymns. "

" When I first began to learn to sing... I would get off on nearly every line and did not know it. I have learned to know when I am off. "

" I know that Lorenzo Snow was God's mouthpiece upon the earth, that he was the representative of the Lord, and that he was, in very deed, a prophet of God. "

" If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There is no labor in which we engage but that there is a spirit telling us, 'Oh, you do not need to do that; it is a waste of time, and you ought to be engaged in something else.' "

" 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. "

" If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means. "

" 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.' "

" If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work. "

" When we set our hearts upon the things of this world and fail to be strictly honest with the Lord, we do not grow in the light and power and strength of the gospel as we otherwise would do. "

" Not only did Jesus come as a universal gift, He came as an individual offering with a personal message to each one of us. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My most earnest prayer is that every man and every woman will get it into his or her heart that they are in very deed the architects of their lives. "

" I have felt the inspiration of the living God directing me in my labors. "

" 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. "

" The Book of Mormon is in absolute harmony from start to finish with other sacred scriptures. There is not a doctrine taught in it that does not harmonize with the teachings of Jesus Christ. "