“We make a goddess of Fortune ... and place her in the highest heaven. But it is not fortune that is exalted and powerful, but we ourselves that are abject and weak.” HeavenPowerfulHighestWeakFortuneGoddessExalted Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God, and to know... that he was once a man like us.... Here, then, is eternal life - to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves... the same as all Gods have done before you.” KnowsMenFirstsDoneCharacterHeavenSecretPrinciplesWiseEternalCertaintyEternal LifeExaltedTrue GodCharacter Of God Author: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.” PeopleMenFatherHeavenStatementsProphetLife And DeathOne TimeOur FatherExaltedTime PassesFather In HeavenJoseph Smith Author:Joseph Fielding Smith