Brigham Young Quotes

The object of all education should be to increase the usefulness of man - usefulness to himself and others.

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.

Personal liberty stands first in order of all rights. Without the control of one's own person, liberty of conscience is impossible. Without the control of one's own person, education is impossible; mental growth is impossible; without the control of one's own person, the opportunities of the world, which are only means of development, cannot be used

One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulness, by making use of those religious and literary privileges and advantages that are within their reach, if they will only stretch out their hands and possess them.

Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it.... Let our young men and young women prepare themselves for usefulness and business; that the men may enter into merchandise, trading, and other things of importance; the young women may become teachers of various kinds, and otherwise fill places of usefulness. Parents must turn their attention more to the education of their children.

I hope everyone goes through life seeking knowledge.

Do you think it is possible to increase your intellectual ability? For decades, I have studied the power of this belief to become reality and watched as the concept of maintaining a 'growth mindset' has taken root in education and parenting circles.

Probably the most important piece of advice that I've ever gotten is to develop your mind. I left school very young and I always regretted it.

Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives is, and will be, a reflection of how well we develop, train, and utilize this precious gift.

Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset.

Your mind grows through use.

Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.

Travel doesn't merely broaden the mind. It makes the mind.

Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.

What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or use in some way?

A certain degree of solitude seems necessary to the full growth and spread of the highest mind; and therefore must a very extensive intercourse with men stifle many a holy germ, and scare away the gods, who shun the restless tumult of noisy companies and the discussion of petty interests.

One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail.

Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.

The biggest thing I did was that I used to go to the library. I fed my mind every day.

The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.

You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.

Learn to be good for something.

The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.

Stuff your brain with knowledge.

Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.