Michael Tuan > Michael's Quotes

“The FUTURE of this world has long been DECLARED; the final outcome between GOOD and evil is already KNOWN. There is absolutely no question as to who WINS because the VICTORY has already been posted on the SCOREBOARD. The only really strange thing is all of this is that we are still down here on the FIELD trying to decide which TEAM’S JERSEY we want to wear!”
― Jeffrey R. Holland

“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

“To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.”
― Brigham Young

“The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.”
― Brigham Young

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

“We went west willingly--because we had to.”
― Brigham Young

“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

“I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self security. Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.”
― Brigham Young

“True Independence and Freedom can only exist in doing whats right.”
― Brigham Young

“There is no music in hell, for all good music belongs to heaven.”
― 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

“It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.”
― 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