I appeal to the Latter-day Saints to be honest with the Lord, and I promise them that peace, prosperity and financial success will attend those who are honest with our Heavenly Father. – Heber J. Grant
There is no labor in which we engage but that there is a spirit telling us, ‘Oh, you do not need to do that; it is a waste of time, and you ought to be engaged in something else.’ – Heber J. Grant
I know that Lorenzo Snow was God’s mouthpiece upon the earth, that he was the representative of the Lord, and that he was, in very deed, a prophet of God. – Heber J. Grant
If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty. – Heber J. Grant
My most earnest prayer is that every man and every woman will get it into his or her heart that they are in very deed the architects of their lives. – Heber J. Grant
My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune. – Heber J. Grant
The Book of Mormon is in absolute harmony from start to finish with other sacred scriptures. There is not a doctrine taught in it that does not harmonize with the teachings of Jesus Christ. – Heber J. Grant
My wife Lucy was very sick for nearly three years prior to her death. At one time, I was in the hospital with her for six months. – Heber J. Grant
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means. – Heber J. Grant
I am always pleased when I have the opportunity of meeting with the Latter-day Saints in any of their gatherings. – Heber J. Grant
When I was about forty-three years of age, I had a private secretary with a beautiful baritone voice. I told him I would give anything in the world if I could only carry a tune. He laughed and said, ‘Anybody who has a voice and perseverance can sing.’ – Heber J. Grant
When I first began to learn to sing… I would get off on nearly every line and did not know it. I have learned to know when I am off. – Heber J. Grant
Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does. – Heber J. Grant
If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work. – Heber J. Grant
I ask every man and woman occupying a place of responsibility whose duty it is to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to live it and keep the commandments of God, so that their example will teach it. – Heber J. Grant
Every individual can improve from day to day, from year to year, and have greater capacity to do things as the years come and the years go. – Heber J. Grant
I, of course, owe everything to my mother, because my father died when I was only nine days of age; and the marvelous teachings, the faith, the integrity of my mother have been an inspiration to me. – Heber J. Grant
When I was about twenty-five years of age, Professor Sims informed me that I could sing, but added, ‘I would like to be at least forty miles away while you are doing it.’ – Heber J. Grant
Every living soul among the Latter-day Saints that fasts two meals once a month will be benefited spiritually and be built up in the faith of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ – benefited spiritually in a wonderful way – and sufficient means will be in the hands of the bishops to take care of all the poor. – Heber J. Grant
When I joined a baseball club, the boys of my own age, and a little older, played in the first nine, those younger than myself played in the second, and those still younger in the third, and I played with them. – Heber J. Grant
A Mormon knows that the promises of God are true, and He said that all will be tried; realizing these things the Latter-day Saints will acknowledge their Maker not only in blessings but also in tribulations. – Heber J. Grant
When we set our hearts upon the things of this world and fail to be strictly honest with the Lord, we do not grow in the light and power and strength of the gospel as we otherwise would do. – Heber J. Grant
What I count as real prosperity… is the growth in a knowledge of God, and in a testimony, and in the power to live the gospel and to inspire our families to do the same. That is prosperity of the truest kind. – Heber J. Grant
With the help of the Lord, I will do the best I can, and… with His help, I have no fear at all but what I can get along. – Heber J. Grant
I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet. – Heber J. Grant
Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts. – Heber J. Grant
