Joseph Smith, Jr. was an American religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. He is known for his role in the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is considered by adherents of the faith to be a prophet. Smith's teachings and revelations, including the Book of Mormon, are the basis of the Latter Day Saint movement, which is considered a restoration of the original church established by Jesus Christ.
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Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
What can you learn from Joseph Smith, Jr. (Life Lessons)
- Joseph Smith, Jr. taught that all people are equal in the eyes of God, regardless of race or gender, and that everyone should be treated with respect and kindness.
- He also believed that faith and hard work could help people overcome any obstacle, and that faith in God was the key to success.
- He advocated for religious freedom, and encouraged people to seek knowledge and truth through personal revelation and study.
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One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.
Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.
We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got;
we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessings of God would be poured out upon the people, which is the desire of my whole soul.
Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.
I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.
Salvation could not come to the world without the mediation of Jesus Christ.
Seek to know God in your closets, call upon him in the fields.
Follow the directions of the Book of Mormon, and pray over, and for your families, your cattle, your flocks, your herds, your corn, and all things that you possess [see Alma 34:18-27]; ask the blessing of God upon all your labors, and everything that you engage in.
Sectarian priests cry out concerning me, and ask, "Why is it this babbler gains so many followers, and retains them?" I answer, It is because I possess the principle of love. All I can offer the world is a good heart and a good hand.
Religious quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr.
This doctrine of polygamy, or spiritual wife-system, that has been taught and practiced among us, will prove our destruction and overthrow.
Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism”;
it is designed to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers.
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living.
No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not be true to the best interests and general welfare of his country.
I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it.
Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.
All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it.
Sarah lied about me. I never made the offer which she said I did. I will not advise you to break up your family - unless it were asked of me. Then I would council you to get a bill from your wife and marry a virtuous woman - and a new family but if you do not do it I shall never throw it in your teeth.
No one can ever enter the celestial kingdom unless he is strictly honest.
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Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.
We came to this earth that we might have a body and present it pure before God in the celestial kingdom. The great principle of happiness consists in having a body. The devil has no body, and herein is his punishment. He is pleased when he can obtain the tabernacle of man. . . . All beings who have bodies have power over those who have not.
Deep water is what I am wont to swim in.
Heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies, than we are ready to believe or receive.
For he that diligently seeketh shall find;
and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round" - 1 Nephi 10:19
It is one thing to see the kingdom of God, and another thing to enter into it. We must have a change of heart to see the kingdom of God, and subscribe the articles of adoption to enter therein.
If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.
Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing; the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault.
We may come to Jesus and ask Him; He will know all about it; if He comes to a little child, he will adapt himself to the language and capacity of a little child.
Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.
Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power.
The purposes of our God are great, His love unfathomable, His wisdom infinite, and His power unlimited; therefore, the Saints have cause to rejoice and be glad.
What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands.
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country; observe its principles; and above all, show yourselves men of God, worthy citizens.
Perhaps I am meant to swim in deep waters.... better deep than shallow!
Truth does not appease but inflames the curiosity.
No man can receive the Holy Ghost without receiving revelations. The Holy Ghost is a revelator.
After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the Gospel
A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.
Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent.
If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.
We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.
Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism
If there is trouble in the country, neither I nor my people made it, and all that we have ever done, after much endurance on our part, is to maintain and uphold the constitution and institutions of our country, and to protect an injured, innocent, and persecuted people against misrule and mob violence.
The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is justifiable before me. Therefore, I, the Lord, justify you, and your brethren of my church, in befriending that law which is the constitutional law of the land.
According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles.
Peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes. Thy friends do stand by thee...' -Jesus the Christ
Blessed be the memory of those few brethren who contended so strenuously for their constitutional rights and religious freedom, against such an overwhelming force of desperadoes!
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.
Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things, never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation.
Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this.