Quotes from Brigham Young
I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.
- Brigham Young
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.
- Brigham Young
If there ever comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you can know with assurance that the Church is no longer led by a Prophet, but a mere man.
- Brigham Young
To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.
- Brigham Young
He is our Father - the Father of our Spirits, and was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted being.
- Brigham Young
The man or woman who lives worthily now is in a state of salvation.
- Brigham Young
When man desires to live as long as a tree, his diet will be fruit.
- Brigham Young
All the difference between men and angels is, men are passing through the day of trial that angels have already passed through.
- Brigham Young
I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those laws which I despise, and which God, good men and angels abhor.
- Brigham Young
There is no calling of God to man on earth but what brings with it the evidence of its authenticity.
- 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
If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
- Brigham Young