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" 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. "

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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. "

Heber J. Grant

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" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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 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. "

" There is no such thing as standing still. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "