Karl 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 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

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

To what level does your patriarchal blessing reach in your life? Can you recollect the time you received it and recover any of the spirit of the occasion? Do you in quiet moments ponder it? Does Karl G.Maeser's phrase, "paragraphs from the book of our possibilities" rest upon you with a sense of mission so that, as President Heber J.Grant exemplified, "you "dream nobly and manfully" and prepare ceaselessly? Do you ever think of Heber C.Kimball's faith that you can "write your own patriarchal blessing" under inspiration, for, saith the Lord, "No good thing will I withhold ... — Truman G. Madsen

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