Joseph Smith Rough Stone Rolling Quote Quotes

I am like a huge rough stone ... and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something else, striking with accelerated force ... thus I will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the Almightly. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

I am a rolling stone, never in one place for very long. ~ Roz Savage

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of 'Rolling Stone.' ~ Michael Hastings

The rolling stone never gathereth mosse. ~ John Heywood

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume. ~ Joseph Addison

I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds. ~ Rob Sheffield

That which has a beginning will surely have an end. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

24 Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion! ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Let us follow the Son of God. Imitate Him. Do His work. ~ Joseph Fielding Smith

Surely I have contemplated the things of God. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Alma baptizes in the Waters of Mormon ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

An angel of God never has wings ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

By proving contraries, truth is made manifest. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

My pride has brought me very low. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family. ~ Joseph Barbera

And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things - 1 Nephi 16:29 ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Shall we not go on in such great a cause? ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

God judges men according to the use they make of the light which He gives them. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

A rolling stone gathers no moss and therefore will not be derided as a moss-back. Roll as much as possible. ~ George Ade

6 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Wherefore a good name is better than riches. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

How I do love to hear the wolves howl! ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

The Lord takes raw materials, shapes them and refines them. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Kindness is our religion. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Nel, after throwing a stone onto a sloping bank watching the stone rolling said, 'Look at the stone. It's afraid of the grass ~ Jean Piaget

Where doubt is, there faith has no power. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

God instituted laws whereby [the Spirits that He would send into the world] could have a privilege to advance life himself. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We live in the flicker
may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday. ~ Joseph Conrad

The spirit of man is not a created being; it existed from eternity and will exist to eternity. Anything created cannot be eternal; and earth, water, ect., had their existence in an elementary state, from eternity." ~Joseph Smith, Jr., 2 July 1839 - Documentary History of the Church 3:387 ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures. ~ Joseph Joubert

We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessings of God would be poured out upon the people, which is the desire of my whole soul. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

God is an exalted man. Some people are troubled over the statements of the Prophet Joseph Smith ... that our Father in heaven at one time passed through a life and death and is an exalted man ... ~ Joseph Fielding Smith

Persecution has not stopped the progress of truth, but has only added fuel to the flame, ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

shorn their heads ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

My Brethren if thou endure thy trials well though shalt be exalted. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

I paced while he slept, ricocheting like a dove skidding the lonely confines of a Joseph Cornell box. ~ Patti Smith

If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

No man knows my history. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Rolling Stone hates me. They must have an editorial policy to do me in for many years. ~ Joni Mitchell

Save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Truth does not appease but inflames the curiosity. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent ... ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We're not just building a Temple here, the Lord is building us. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

May those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

There are so many fools in the world for the devil to operate upon, it gives him the advantage oftentimes. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

The most important knowledge in the world is gospel knowledge. ~ Joseph Fielding Smith

General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan. ~ Jim Talent

After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the Gospel ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

They were treated as though they were angels sent from God to save them from everlasting destruction - therefore, ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. He just liked me. ~ Patti Smith

our women did give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea, even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings without murmurings. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Never give up an old tried friend, who has waded through all manner of toil, for your sake, and throw him away because fools may tell you he has some faults. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We ought at all times to be very careful that high-mindedness shall never have place in our hearts. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We believe in enjoying the constitutional privilege and right of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consciences. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Search your hearts, and see if you are like God. I have searched mine, and feel to repent of all my sins. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Gold is found in the deep rough soil, so go for gold ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

doubt and faith do not exist in the same person at the same time ~ Joseph Smith

A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Many have belittled Joseph Smith, but those who have will be forgotten in the remains of Mother Earth, and the odor of their infamy will ever be with them, but honor, majesty, and fidelity to God, exemplified by Joseph Smith and attached to his name, will never die. ~ George Albert Smith

So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can't even figure out what Rolling Stone is? We're not talking Guns & Ammo here; we're talking the antiwar hippie magazine. ~ Maureen Dowd

28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Wherefore, he that preacheth and he that receiveth, understand one another, and both are edified and rejoice together. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling.
[Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.] ~ Ovid

But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Disaster beats stasis. Better a rolling stone than a moss-covered rock ... ~ Evan Harris

The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We cannot be saved until we have risen above all our enemies, not the least of which is ignorance. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

It has been truthfully said that organic evolution is Satan's chief weapon in this dispensation in his attempt to destroy the divine mission of Jesus Christ. ~ Joseph Fielding Smith

52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true Mormons. ~ Joseph Smith

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

For hundreds of years the world was wrapped in a veil of spiritual darkness, until there was not one fundamental truth belonging to the place of salvation ... Joseph Smith declared that in the year 1820 the Lord revealed to him that all the 'Christian' churches were in error, teaching for commandments the doctrines of men. ~ Joseph Fielding Smith

I think it was Columbia politics, Columbia Records politics that, that, Tom Wilson left [Bob Dylan] after "Like A Rolling Stone". ~ Al Kooper

Sometimes the Lord brings us low before he can lift us higher. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I think it was four minutes. ~ Pete Townshend

I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Salvation could not come to the world without the mediation of Jesus Christ. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is ... In knowledge there is power. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. ~ John Burroughs

When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

In 1952, Muddy cut the song 'Rollin' Stone.' It was a nationwide success, and the song echoes down through rock n' roll history. Bob Dylan cut a tribute by the same name, an English band decided to call themselves the Rolling Stones, and the magazine that first embraced music as a serious cultural phenomenon was itself called 'Rolling Stone.' ~ Tim Cahill

Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things, never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the "Like A Rolling Stone" session I was invited by the producer to watch. ~ Al Kooper

If I was to show the Latter-day Saints all the revelations that the Lord has shown unto me, there is scarce a man that would stay with me, they could not bear it. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Rumor with her ten thousand tongues is diffusing her uncertain sounds in almost every ear.. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

Perhaps I am meant to swim in deep waters ... better deep than shallow! ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile. ~ Joseph Smith Jr.

early 1820s. In 1822, about two years after he supposedly received the first vision, Joseph Smith found what he called a "seer stone ~ Latayne C. Scott

I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet. ~ Brigham Young