Karl G. Maeser Quotes & Sayings

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart. — Karl G. Maeser

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle. — Karl G. Maeser

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

Say to your soul, 'Let no unclean thing enter here.' — Karl G. Maeser

Our patriarchal blessings are paragraphs from the book of our own possibilities. — Karl G. Maeser

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

Make the man within your living ideal. — Karl G. Maeser

Be yourself, but always your better self. — Karl G. Maeser

Everyone's life is an object lesson to others. — Karl G. Maeser

He that cheats another is a knave; but he that cheats himself is a fool. — Karl G. Maeser

He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool. — Karl G. Maeser

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

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. — Karl G. Maeser

Labor with the heart, when the heart is pure and true, is the noblest labor. — Karl G. Maeser

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

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. — Karl G. Maeser

Let your first 'good morning' be to your Heavenly Father. — Karl G. Maeser

Make the wise man within you your living ideal. — Karl G. Maeser

Exhorting his students: Be faithful to the moral principles of your religion. — Karl G. Maeser

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! — Karl G. Maeser

There is no truth that has not its source in the Author of all truth. — Karl G. Maeser

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