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Karl G. Maeser Quotes

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

– 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

Be yourself, but always your better self.

– 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

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

Make the wise man within you your living ideal.

– Karl G. Maeser

He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.

– Karl G. Maeser

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

– Karl G. Maeser

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