Joseph Smith

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

The nearer we get to our heavenly Father, the more we are disposed to look with compassion on perishing souls. #quote #ldsconf

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason there of until all of the events transpire.#ldsconf

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

Nothing is so much calculated to lead people to forsake sin as to take them by the hand and to watch over them in tenderness.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

...We are not to live to ourselves, but to God; by so doing the greatest blessings will rest upon us both in time and in eternity.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a downfall. (HC 6:411)

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

A man of God should be endowed with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, in order to teach and lead the people of God.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

God will not acknowledge that which He has not called, ordained, and chosen. (HC 4:208)

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

For a man to be great, he must not dwell on small things, though he may enjoy them.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

Salvation could not come to the world without the mediation of Jesus Christ. - Joseph Smith

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

Doctrine and Covenants 82:10 I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

"...When the Lord commands, do it.”

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

“There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends [see John 15:13]." Joseph Smith, Jr.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

Like if this is true.

"He that seeketh me early shall find me, and shall not be forsaken."
Doctrine and Covenants 88:83

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

"We are all responsible to God for the manner we improve the light and wisdom given by our Lord to enable us to save ourselves."

(HC 4:606)

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

Our covenants here are of no force one with another except made in view of eternity.

(Joseph Smith, The Words of Joseph Smith, p. 208)

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

"Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous." (Joseph Smith)

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

It is a time-honored adage that love begets love. Let us pour forth love—show forth our kindness unto all mankind.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

That friendship which intelligent beings would accept as sincere must arise from love, and that love grow out of virtue.

[Joseph Smith @ldsjosephsmith]

God Almighty is my shield; and what can man do if God is my friend? I shall not be sacrificed until my time comes.