110+ Brigham Young Quotes On Polygamy, Education And Wealth

Brigham Young was an American leader and religious figure who served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877. He was also the first governor of the Utah Territory and led the Mormon pioneers in their settlement of the American West. He was an influential figure in the development of the western United States, and his teachings continue to influence the LDS Church today. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Brigham Young on polygamy, education, wealth.

Top 10 Brigham Young Quotes

1. You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.
2. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father.
3. I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.
4. If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.
5. He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.
6. He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ
7. The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy
8. We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
9. True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
10. Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

Brigham Young Short Quotes

• The best remedy for anger is delay.
• Honest hearts produce honest actions.
• Love the giver more than the gift.
• Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.
• In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
• No person having the least particle of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood
• I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.
• Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
• It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.
• If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!

Brigham Young Quotes About Polygamy

Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned; and I will go still further, and say that this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord had given, and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned. — Brigham Young

Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children! — Brigham Young

Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, of Jesus, and his apostles. — Brigham Young

A few years ago one of my wives, when talking about wives leaving their husbands said, 'I wish my husband's wives would leave him, every soul of them except myself.' That is the way they all feel, more or less, at times, both old and young. — Brigham Young

Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph Smith, and the Lord's servants have always practiced it. 'And is that religion popular in heaven?' It is the only popular religion there. — Brigham Young

This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth — Brigham Young

A man who did not have but one wife in the Resurrection that woman will not be his but be taken from him & given to another. — Brigham Young

When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. — Brigham Young

'Do you think that we shall ever be admitted as a State into the Union without denying the principle of polygamy?' If we are not admitted until then, we shall never be admitted. — Brigham Young

If I had forty wives in the United States, they did not know it, and could not substantiate it, neither did I ask any lawyer, judge, or magistrate for them. I live above the law, and so do this people. — Brigham Young

Brigham Young Quotes About Education

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

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life. — Brigham Young

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life. — Brigham Young

Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family. — Brigham Young

See that your children are properly educated in the rudiments of their mother tongue, and then let them proceed to higher branches of learning. — Brigham Young

No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you. — Brigham Young

If I had the choice of educating a boy or a girl, I would educate the girl. If you educate a boy, you educate one, but if you educate a girl, you educate a generation. — Brigham Young

Brigham Young Quotes About Death

Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so. — Brigham Young

What we commonly call death does not destroy the body, it only causes a separation of spirit and body. — Brigham Young

It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal -- their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different; the one leads to eternal life and exaltation, the other to death and final destruction. — Brigham Young

Brigham Young Quotes About Joseph Smith

No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are — Brigham Young

I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet. — Brigham Young

The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity. — Brigham Young

In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones. — Brigham Young

Brigham Young Quotes About Religion

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it. — Brigham Young

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories. — Brigham Young

Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test — Brigham Young

Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion? — Brigham Young

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

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears. Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories. — Brigham Young

The people must have amusement as well as religion...every pure enjoyment is from heaven. — Brigham Young

Brigham Young Quotes About Truth

The spirit of truth will do more to bring persons to light and knowledge, than flowery words. — Brigham Young

If you love the truth, you can remember it. — Brigham Young

Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn. — Brigham Young

Do you think that people will obey the truth because it is true, unless they love it? No, they will not. Truth is obeyed when it is loved. — Brigham Young

Brigham Young Famous Quotes And Sayings

Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness. — Brigham Young

There is neither man or woman in this Church who is not on a mission. That mission will last as long as they live, and it is to do good, to promote righteousness, to teach the principles of truth, and to prevail upon themselves and everybody around them to live those principles that they may obtain eternal life — Brigham Young

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? — 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

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him? — Brigham Young

If you are without bread, how much wisdom can you boast and of what real utility are your talents, if you cannot procure for yourselves and save against a day of scarcity those substances designed to sustain your natural lives? — Brigham Young

Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is! — Brigham Young

When all the other children of Adam have had the privilege of receiving the Priesthood, and of coming into the kingdom of God, and of being redeemed from the four quarters of the earth, and HAVE RECEIVED THEIR RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD, then it will be time enough to remove the curse from Cain and his posterity. — Brigham Young

If we lack confidence in each other, and be jealous of each other, our peace will be destroyed. If we cultivate the principles of unshaken confidence in each other, our joy will be full. — Brigham Young

Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere. — Brigham Young

I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord. — Brigham Young

I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else. — Brigham Young

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master. — Brigham Young

What a learned idea! Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father in Heaven. Now, let all who may hear these doctrines, pause before they make light of them, or treat them with indifference, for they will prove their salvation or damnation — Brigham Young

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community. — Brigham Young

The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may even be permitted to come into the presence of the Father and the Son; but they cannot reign as kings in glory, because they had blessing offered unto them, and they refused to accept them. — Brigham Young

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

The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been, so far as we know, except the government of the children of Israel to the time when they elected a king. — Brigham Young

The biggest labor problem is tomorrow. — Brigham Young

The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat. — Brigham Young

I believe in sisters marrying brothers, and brothers having their sisters for wives... This is something pertaining to our marriage relation. The whole world will think what an awful thing it is. What an awful thing it would be if the Mormons should just say we believe in marrying brothers and sisters. — Brigham Young

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice. — Brigham Young

All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God; and he will confound our enemies. — Brigham Young

What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth. — Brigham Young

I honor and revere the name of Joseph Smith. I delight to hear it; I love it. I love his doctrine. I feel like shouting Hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet whom the Lord raised up. I am bold to say that, Jesus Christ excepted, no better man ever lived or does live upon this earth. I am his witness. — Brigham Young

Will you love your brothers or sisters likewise, when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? Will you love that man or woman well enough to shed their blood? — Brigham Young

Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost, he will do good. — Brigham Young

Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father — Brigham Young

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. — Brigham Young

There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay the debt. The blood of Christ will never wipe that out, your own blood must atone for it . . . — Brigham Young

They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers — Brigham Young

Prepare yourselves for two weeks from tomorrow; and I will tell you now, that if you will tarry with your husbands, after I have set you free, you must bow down to it, and submit yourselves to the celestial law. You may go where you please, after two weeks from tomorrow; but, remember, that I will not hear any more of this whining. — Brigham Young

When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full but in part... Then women were baptized for men and men for women, & c. — Brigham Young

... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time. And when I saw a funeral, I felt to envy the corpse its situation. — Brigham Young

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity. — Brigham Young

People are not to be driven and you can put into a gnat’s eye all the souls of the children of men that are driven into heaven by preaching hell-fire. — Brigham Young

How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me - namely that Adam is our Father and God-. — Brigham Young

It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times. — Brigham Young

In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the Garden of Eden was made. In the days of Noah, in the days of the floating of the ark, he took the people to another part of the earth; the earth was divided, and there he set up his kingdom — 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

This is loving your neighbour as ourselves; if he needs help, help him; and if he wants salvation and it is necessary to spill his blood on the earth in order that he may be saved, spill it. — Brigham Young

It is true that the blood of the Son of God was shed for sins through the fall and those committed by men, yet men can commit sins which it can never remit. — Brigham Young

When you ... see our Father, you will see a being with whom you have long been acquainted, and He will receive you into His arms, and you will be ready to fall into His embrace and kiss Him. ... You will be so glad and joyful. ... When you are qualified and purified, ... you can endure the glory of eternity. — Brigham Young

Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints. — Brigham Young

The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Lord, and issues forth from himself, and may properly be called God's minister to execute his will in immensity. — Brigham Young

It's a lot more common now for someone to know a Mormon rather than just know of Mormons out in Utah, ... We seem more normal. We're not as exotic. — Brigham Young

Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity. — Brigham Young

Some wise being organized my system, and gave me my capacity, put into my heart and brain something that delights, charms, and fills me with rapture at the sound of sweet music. — Brigham Young

To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man. — Brigham Young

Now, there is no harm in a teapot, even if it contains tea, if it is let alone. — Brigham Young

If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity. — Brigham Young

Do you think that I am an old man? I could prove to this congregation that I am young; for I could find more girls who would choose me for a husband than can carry any of the young men. — Brigham Young

Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman Empire... Rome became the mistress of the world, and introduced this order of monogamy wherever her sway was acknowledged. Thus this monogamic order of marriage, so esteemed by modern Christians as a hold sacrament and divine institution, is nothing but a system established by a set of robbers. — Brigham Young

I do not want "Mormonism" to become popular; I would not, if I could, make it as popular as the Roman Catholic Church is in Italy, or as the Church of England is in England, because the wicked and ungodly would crowd into it in their sins. — Brigham Young

Gold and silver grow, and so does every other kind of metal, the same as the hair upon my head, or the wheat in the field; they do not grow as fast, but they are all the time composing or decomposing — Brigham Young

Every virtuous woman desires a husband to whom she can look for guidance and protection through this world. God has placed this desire in woman's nature. It should be respected by the stronger sex. Any man who takes advantage of this, and humbles a daughter of Eve to rob her of her virtue, and cast her off dishonored and defiled, is her destroyer, and is responsible to God for the deed. — Brigham Young

To gain the spiritual ascendancy over ourselves, and the influences with which we are surrounded, through a rigid course of self-discipline, is our first consideration, it is our first labor, before we can pave the way for our children to grow up without sin unto salvation. — Brigham Young

God never made something out of nothing; it is not in the economy or law by which the worlds were, are, or will exist — Brigham Young

My knowledge is, if you will follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, every man and woman will be put in possession of the Holy Ghost. . . . They will know things that are, that will be, and that have been. They will understand things in heaven, things on the earth, and things under the earth, things of time, and things of eternity, according to their several callings and capacities. — Brigham Young

Our faith is concentrated in the Son of God, and through him in the Father; and the Holy Ghost is their minister to bring truths to our remembrance, to reveal new truths to us, and teach, guide, and direct the course of every mind, until we become perfected and prepared to go home, where we can see and converse with our Father in Heaven. — 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

The principle of love within us is an attribute of the Deity, and it is placed within us to be dispensed independently according to our own will. — Brigham Young

The present Constitution, with a few alterations of a trifling nature, is just as good as we want; and if it is sustained on this land of Joseph, it will be done by us and our posterity. — Brigham Young

All rational beings have an agency of their own; and according to their own choice they will be saved or damned. — Brigham Young

I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do not love the damned rascals who administer the government. — Brigham Young

Let not the tongue give utterance to the evil that is in thine heart, but command thy tongue to be silent until good shall prevail over evil. — Brigham Young

When I look upon the faces of intelligent beings I look upon the image of the God I serve. There are none but what have a certain portion of divinity within them; and though we are clothed with bodies which are in the image of our God, yet this mortality shrinks before that portion of divinity which we inherit from our Father. — Brigham Young

The government of heaven, if wickedly administered, would become one of the worst governments upon the face of the earth. No matter how good a government is, unless it is administered by righteous men, an evil government will be made of it. — Brigham Young

After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords of lords, they have the power then of propagating their species in spirit; and that is the first of their operations with regard to organizing a world. Power is then given to them to organize the elements, and then commence the organization of tabernacles. — Brigham Young

Life Lessons by Brigham Young

1. Brigham Young taught the importance of hard work and self-reliance, encouraging people to take responsibility for their own lives and to strive for self-improvement.
2. He also taught the importance of service and helping others, believing that it was important to use one's talents to benefit the community.
3. He also taught the importance of faith and trusting in God, believing that with faith, anything is possible.