Karl G. Maeser Quotations

He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.

Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.

Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.

Make the wise man within you your living ideal.

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.

There is a Mount Sinai for every child of God if he only knows where to find it.

Make the man within your living ideal.

He that cheats another is a knave; but he that cheats himself is a fool.

Say to your soul, 'Let no unclean thing enter here.'

A being without an aim in life, or not possessing the requisite concentration of purpose to assist him in resisting temptation, is like a cork floating upon the water, driven hither and thither by every wind that blows.

Exhorting his students: Be faithful to the moral principles of your religion.

There is no truth that has not its source in the Author of all truth.

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.

Labor with the heart, when the heart is pure and true, is the noblest labor.

Be yourself, but always your better self.

The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.

Let your first 'good morning' be to your Heavenly Father.

Our patriarchal blessings are paragraphs from the book of our own possibilities.

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.

I have been asked what I mean by my word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground - there is the possibility that in some way or another I may escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I'd die first!

Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.