Every man who has a calling to minister to the inhabitants of the world was ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council of heaven before this world was. I suppose I was ordained to this very office in that Grand Council. Joseph Smith, Jr. More Quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr. More Quotes From Joseph Smith, Jr. We say that God is true; that the Constitution of the United States is true; that the Bible is true; and that the Book of Mormon is true, and that Christ is true Joseph Smith, Jr. constitutionunited-statesbook The nearer a person approaches the Lord, a greater power will be manifested by the adversary to prevent the accomplishment of His purposes. Joseph Smith, Jr. accomplishmentpurposepower Even this nation (the US) will be on the very verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the ground, and when the Constitution is upon the brink of ruin, this people will be the staff upon which the nation shall lean, and they shall bear the Constitution away from the very verge of destruction. Joseph Smith, Jr. crumblingfreedompeople The important consideration is not how long we can live but how well we can learn the lesson of life, and discharge our duties and obligations to God and to one another. Joseph Smith, Jr. life-lessonimportantlong You don't know me; you never knew my heart. No man knows my history. I cannot tell it: I shall never undertake it. I don't blame any one for not believing my history. If I had not experienced what I have, I would not have believed it myself. Joseph Smith, Jr. heartmenbelieve A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge Joseph Smith, Jr. gainsfastermen If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves..." If the veil were rent today, and the great God who holds the world in its orbit, and who upholds all worlds and all things by His power, was to make Himself visible, - I say, if you were to see Him today, you would see Him like a man in form - like yourself in all the person, image, and very form as a man. Joseph Smith, Jr. orbitcharactermen The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. Joseph Smith, Jr. baptismresponsibilityworld We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God. Joseph Smith, Jr. standardsconstitutionunited-states If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray. Joseph Smith, Jr. majorityrecordschurch Shall we not go on in such great a cause? Joseph Smith, Jr. causesgoes-on Sometimes the Lord brings us low before he can lift us higher. Joseph Smith, Jr. lordlowssometimes We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. Joseph Smith, Jr. lovelymenbelieve I am like a huge rough stone...and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something else, striking with accelerated force...thus I will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the Almightly. Joseph Smith, Jr. quiversmoothstones . . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us. Joseph Smith, Jr. meeknesspurityshould Happiness is the object and design of our existence. Joseph Smith, Jr. designjoyhappiness The root of masculine is stronger, and of feminine weaker. The sun is a governing planet to certain planets, while the moon borrows her light from the sun, and is less or weaker. Joseph Smith, Jr. lightmoonroots How precious are the souls of men! Joseph Smith, Jr. inspirationsoulmen You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the Holy Ghost. Baptism by water is but half a baptism, and is good for nothing without the other half-that is, baptism of the Holy Ghost. Joseph Smith, Jr. viewswatermen And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth. Joseph Smith, Jr. foundationchurchdarkness
