Joseph Smith Jr. Quotes

God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.

Beware of reasoning about God's Word - obey It.

What else should we do with the Word of God but obey?

Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it.

All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

No one can ever enter the celestial kingdom unless he is strictly honest.

To do my duty, I must obey God.

To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.

Faith is not to be kept with him who keeps not faith with God

It is not befitting for a believing man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger, to have any option about their decision

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson, and follow him in all his motions, and windings, and turnings, even at the expense of my consciences and judgment. Such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

The existing governments of the world are the consequence of disobedience to the commands of God. But Christ came to bring men back to obedience by a new and living way.

God can do all sorts of things, God does not need me! But He commands me to be like His Son, and that is all.

People get involved not just in politics but in groups and sects and... forget the main reason why we're here: to worship Allah.

Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!

Purity doesn't happen by accident; it requires obedience to God.

We obey God's Law, not to be loved but because we are loved in Christ.

Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.

When God commands, do it!

Whoso hearkens not to God's voice, is an idolator, though he perform the highest and most heavy service of God.

If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.