Leo J. Muir

American author, educator, and LDS leader (1880-1967)

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About

Leo Joseph Muir was born in Woods Cross, Utah, in 1880. He worked as a teacher and school principal, then served as Utah State Superintendent of Schools. He also served as mayor of Bountiful and as an LDS stake president. Moving to Los Angeles in 1922, he led businesses and published several works, including quotation collections and a history of Mormons in California.

Major works

Flashes from the Eternal Semaphore (1928)quotation collection
The Upward Reach (1930)quotation collection
Muir's Thesaurus of Truths (1937)quotation collection
A Century of Mormon Activities in California (1952)history
I Have a Treasure to Sharecard library of quotations

Key milestones

1906Founded and became the first principal of Bountiful High School.
1920Appointed Utah State Superintendent of Schools.
1939Became president of the Northern States Mission of the LDS Church.

Themes

EducationReligious leadershipMormon historyQuotations and wisdomPublic service

Sources: archives.lib.byu.edu · archives.lib.byu.edu · catalog.princeton.edu

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— Leo J. MuirTheme · Success

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“Someone has defined genius as intensity of purpose: the ability to do, the patience to wait. . . . Put these together and you have genius, and you have achievement.”

— Leo J. MuirTheme · Motivation

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“Character is a subtle thing. Its sources are obscure, its roots delicate and invisible. We know it when we see it and it always commands our admiration, and the absence of it our pity; but it is largely a matter of will.”

— Leo J. MuirTheme · Psychology

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