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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requirement in my life, or in regard to my own course, or that of my friends, my family, my children, or those that I preside over, and get no answer from Him, and then do the very best that my judgement will teach me, He is bound to own and honor that transaction, and He will do so to all intents and purposes.”
― Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Volume 3

“Learn to be good for something.”
― Brigham Young

“Our religion will not clash with nor contradict the facts of science in any particular.”
― Brigham Young

“If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!”
― Brigham Young

“He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.”
― Brigham Young

“To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo of loveliness around every person who possesses it, making their countenances beam with light, and their society desirable because of its excellency. They are loved of God, of holy angels, and of all the good earth, while they are hated, envied, admired, and feared by the wicked. ”
― Brigham Young

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young

“We are in a great school, and we should be diligent to learn, and continue to store up the knowledge of heaven and of earth, and read good books, although I cannot say that I would recommend the reading of all books, for it is not all books which are good. Read good books, and extract from them wisdom and understanding as much as you possibly can, aided by the Spirit of God. (JD 12:124)”
― Brigham Young

“Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately!”
― Brigham Young

“Pray as though everything depended on the Lord and work as though everything depended on you.”
― Brigham Young

“We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.”
― Brigham Young

“All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit and power of God write upon it what He pleases. When He writes, I will read; but if I read before He writes, I am very likely to be wrong”
― Brigham Young

“Miracles, or those extraordinary manifestations of the power of god, are not for the unbeliever; they are to console the Saints, and to strengthen and confirm the faith of those who love, fear, and serve God.”
― Brigham Young

“It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.”
― Brigham Young

“If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.”
― Brigham Young

“When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for attaining the objects they are seeking. But while they yield to a feeling or spirit that distracts their minds from a subject they wish to study and learn, so long they will never gain the mastery of their minds.”
― Brigham Young

“If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.”
― Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Volume 9

“It is the duty of a Saint of God to gain all the influence he can on this earth, and to use every particle of that influence to do good.”
― Brigham Young

“It is our duty to improve upon every blessing the Lord gives to us.”
― Brigham Young

“I have a word to say to my sisters. When I reflect upon the duties and responsibilities devolving upon our mothers and sisters, and the influence they wield, I look upon them as the mainspring and soul of our being here. It is true that man is first. Father Adam was placed here as king of the earth, to bring it into subjection. But when Mother Eve came she had a splendid influence over him. A great many have thought it was not very good; I think it was excellent" (Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 199).).”
― Brigham Young, The Best of Women's Conference: Selected Talks from 25 Years of Women's Conference

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin