Ann Lee

"The first step of obedience that any of you can take is to confess your sins to God before his witnesses."

"You ought to dress yourself in modest apparel, such as becomes the people of God, and teach your family to do likewise. You ought to be industrious and prudent, and not live a sumptuous and gluttonous…"

"You can never enter the kingdom of God with hardness against any one, for God is love, and if you love God you will love one another."

"Put your hands to work and give your hearts to God."

"When I confessed my sins, I labored to remember the time when and the place where I committed them. And when I had confessed them, I cried to God to know if my confession was accepted; and by crying t…"

"Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live; and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow."

"It is now spring of the year, and you have all had the privilege of being taught the way of God; and now you may all go home and be faithful with your hands. Every faithful man will go forth and put u…"

"You ought not to cross your children unnecessarily, for it makes them ill-natured."