Karl G. Maeser
Karl G. Maeser
Karl Gottfried Maeserwas a prominent Utah educator and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served 16 years as principal of Brigham Young Academy. Although he was not the first principal of the Academy, he is considered its founder. The Academy later became Brigham Young Universityin 1903...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth16 January 1828
CountryUnited States of America
Karl G. Maeser quotes about
cheats
He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.
man
No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.
god mount
There is a Mount Sinai for every child of God if he only knows where to find it.
life school battle
School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.
book blessing possibility
Our patriarchal blessings are paragraphs from the book of our own possibilities.
wall mean byu
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!
morning father firsts
Let your first 'good morning' be to your Heavenly Father.
wise men ideals
Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
teacher children believe
I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.
education men understanding
The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.
being-yourself just-being-you always-be-yourself
Be yourself, but always your better self.
prayer heart handwriting
All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.
truth source
There is no truth that has not its source in the Author of all truth.
faithful principles students
Exhorting his students: Be faithful to the moral principles of your religion.