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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There is no such thing as standing still. "

" What I count as real prosperity... is the growth in a knowledge of God, and in a testimony, and in the power to live the gospel and to inspire our families to do the same. That is prosperity of the truest kind. "

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

" 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

" When I joined a baseball club, the boys of my own age, and a little older, played in the first nine, those younger than myself played in the second, and those still younger in the third, and I played with them. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully. "

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

" 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. "