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

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" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 is no such thing as standing still. "

" I have no animosity against any living soul. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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