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" 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. "

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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. "

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

" With the help of the Lord, I will do the best I can, and... with His help, I have no fear at all but what I can get along. "

" When one is giving service for the advancement of humanity, when one is working without money and without price, with no hope of earthly reward, there comes a real, genuine joy into the human heart. "

" 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. "

" 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 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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