American Religious Leader Quotes

Joseph Smith, Jr.

Sitting Bull

Mary Baker Eddy

Elijah Muhammad

Thomas S. Monson

Joseph F. Smith

Gordon B. Hinckley

Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as well as his beauty and glory; and labor, like every thing else that is good, is its own reward.

Henry Benjamin Whipple

As in poetry, so in prayer, the whole subject matter should be furnished by the heart, and the understanding should be allowed only to shape and arrange the effusions of the heart in the manner best adapted to answer the end designed. From the fullness of a heart overflowing with holy affections, as from a copious fountain, we should pour forth a torrent of pious, humble, and ardently affectionate feelings; while our understandings only shape the channel and teach the gushing streams of devotion where to flow, and when to stop.

That which has been termed race, is not a race.... It is a curse, and a cursed, vulgar name that was given to low-rate you, in short, to DISGRACE you.

We must reinstate Jesus in the rightful place which belongs to Him in the church; or the church will soon be driven into the wilderness.

Thomas March Clark

The hand of God never tires, nor are its movements aimless. It makes all things subservient to its designs, and, at every turn, disappoints the calculations of man, causing the most insignificant events to expand to the mightiest consequences, while those that have the appearance of mountains vanish into nothing.

Other books we may read and criticise. To the Scriptures we must bow the entire soul, with all its faculties.

Edward Norris Kirk

Successful trial lawyers are like heat-seeking missiles carrying payloads of information prejudicial to their opponent's case, constantly looking for the chance to unload their cargo, right up until the final moments of trial.

It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about

Surely the Lord loves, more than anything else, an unwavering determination to obey his counsel.

Howard W. Hunter

The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.

Samuel McChord Crothers

For many wealthy people, giving a tenth is a way of robbing God. Their tithe becomes a tip.

Haddon Robinson

Only by taking Jesus' example into every part of our lives will we be able to win in life.

Loren Cunningham

For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophet-bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years,
Comes round the age of gold;
When Peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.

Second, the only proven technique for treatment for chemically dependent people involves use of a spiritual program of self-change.

Virgil Miller Newton

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his feet.

Hartman Rector Jr.

Our being edified at conference depends on us. It becomes necessary that we prepare our hearts to receive and profit by the suggestions that may be made by the speakers during the progress of the conference, which may be prompted by the Spirit of the Lord. I have thought, and still think, that our being edified does not so much depend upon the speaker as upon ourselves.

In many ways, the church seems to hate evil more than it loves good or even God.

Carlton Pearson

Given the immense wealth made from the African, both from his person and his labor, one would have thought that when liberation came there would have been a special financial consideration accorded them, at the least, humane treatment. Neither occurred: Africans were never paid reparations nor treated humanely even to the present.

Herbert Daughtry

The hoary centuries are full of Him; the echoes of His sweet voice are heard today; His love has perfumed the past eighteen hundred years, and He lives today, as the Head of His church; He lives today, the object of the warmest adoration, the most passionate love, for whom millions would die this very hour. Empires have fallen, thrones have crumbled; but Jesus lives, His empire extending every day, His throne gaining new trophies of His grace.

Abbott Eliot Kittredge

I spent a night of watchfulness unto prayer, like Jacob, wrestling the whole night for the Lord's blessing, and towards morning the light of His countenance did very graciously arise upon me. My trust and confidence are renewed in Him, blessed and praised be His adorable name!

Stephen Grellet

No matter how dynamic a campus work, unless a whole church is "totally committed," the campus ministry's impact would be limited.

Satan knows some seed of the woman is going to bruise his head. He didn't want that to happen so his plan apparently is to try to kill every human being on the planet. He wants to kill everybody. Remember when Herod wanted to kill baby Jesus in Bethlehem? What did he do? He slew all the children, "Let's just kill them all to be sure to get the right one." Satan wants to kill every human on the planet. And some of his followers and helpers down here are working at that goal right now.

When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

I would not seek to force people to live up to my ideals but rather love them into doing the thing that is right.

George Albert Smith