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He can who thinks he can.
There is no such thing as standing still.
I have no animosity against any living soul.
Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.
Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing.
I have, all the days of my life, enjoyed singing very much.
Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching.
No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.
If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God.
I have felt the inspiration of the living God directing me in my labors.
The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here.
There never was one particle of... jealousy... in the heart of Hyrum Smith.
Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.
I value all things as nothing in comparison with having the spirit of God to guide me.
I consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of my life that I have learned to sing.
Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.
When I first began to learn to sing, it took me from three to four months to learn two simple hymns.
If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work.
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 am always pleased when I have the opportunity of meeting with the Latter-day Saints in any of their gatherings.
In times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and of blessing, let us pray always, both alone and with our families.
Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does.
Not only did Jesus come as a universal gift, He came as an individual offering with a personal message to each one of us.
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.
I believe unless we have ambition to accomplish things and to do things that we amount to but very little in the battle of life.
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.
Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.
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.
No power on earth, no power beneath the earth, will ever prevent you or me or any Latter-day Saint from being saved, except ourselves
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.
No man can teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ under the inspiration of the living God and with power from on high unless he is living it.
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.
I assert with confidence that the law of success, here and hereafter, is to have a humble and a prayerful heart, and to work, work, work.
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.
Every individual can improve from day to day, from year to year, and have greater capacity to do things as the years come and the years go.
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 do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.
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.
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.
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.
What the world needs today more than anything else is an implicit faith in God, our Father, and in Jesus Christ, His Son, as the Redeemer of the world.
I know of nothing that I feel is of so great value in life as to be obedient to the counsel and advice of the Lord, and of His servants in this our day.
The aim of the Church is to help the people to help themselves. Work is to be re-enthroned as the ruling principle of the lives of our Church membership
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.
Many men say: 'If I could only see an angel, if I could only hear an angel proclaim something, that would cause me to be faithful all the days of my life!'
May we be strengthened with the understanding that being blessed does not mean that we shall always be spared all the disappointments and difficulties of life.
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 am deeply interested in this work. I am anxious to encourage the people to press on in securing their genealogies and after doing so in laboring in our temples.
As a boy, without experience, never having spoken in public in my life, for any length of time, never ten minutes at once, I was called to preside over a stake of Zion.
No matter in what land we may dwell the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ makes us brothers and sisters, interested in each other, eager to understand and know each other.