"I have asked of the Lord concerning the practice of the Saints, and I have received for answer, that I should take unto myself more wives than one, and that the Saints should do likewise."

"If I had not been persecuted, I would not have been a prophet."

"I calculated to be one of the instruments of setting up the kingdom of Daniel, by establishing a theocracy."

"I am a rough stone. The sound of the hammer and chisel is continually upon me. I desire the voice of the Lord to ring in my ears, and I am willing to bear the consequence."

"I am a man of godliness, and I will be godly in all things."