"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."
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Brigham Young
Religious Leader
Brigham Young was a prominent leader of the Latter-day Saints and the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for his role in the westward expansion of the church.
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"Let me give you a definition in brief. 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, passing the angels who stand as sentinels, being enabled to give them the key words, the signs and tokens, pertaining to the holy Priesthood, and gain your eternal exaltation in spite of earth and hell"
"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."
"If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from."
"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."
"Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified, and they would atone for their sins, and be received into the Kingdom of God. I would at once do so, in such a case; and under the circumstances, 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.... 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."