FAMILY

1)      “It is in the home that we form our attitudes, our deeply held beliefs. It is in the home that hope is fostered or destroyed. Our homes are to be more than sanctuaries; they should also be places where God’s Spirit can dwell, where the storm stops at the door, where love reigns and peace dwells.” 
~President Monson (Becoming Our Best Selves OCT 1999)

2)      “Never let a problem to be solved, become more important than a person to be loved.” 
~President Monson (Finding Joy in the Journey OCT 2008)

3)      “To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as you care for their needs each day and as you deal with the challenges which inevitably come with parenthood. You need more than your own 

wisdom in rearing them.”
 ~President Monson (Love at Home-First Pres. Message-Ensign August 2011)

4)      "A happy home is but an earlier heaven…[Do] we want our homes to be happy?  If we do, let them be the abiding place of prayer, thanksgiving and gratitude” 
~President George Albert Smith (Conference Report 1944)

5)      "In these last days it is essential—even critical—that parents and children listen to and learn from one another." 
~M Russell Ballard (Mothers and Daughters APR 2010 Conference)

6)      "With the Lord, families are essential. He created the earth that we could gain physical bodies and form families. He established His Church to exalt families. He provides temples so that families can be together forever."
 ~Russell M Nelson (Set in Order Thy House OCT 2001 Conference)

7)      "I bear witness of the power of the priesthood given to the Church to protect us and guide us. And because we have that, we have no fear of the future. Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family." 
~Boyd K Packer (The Power of the Priesthood APR 2012 Conference)

8)      “Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family. They are important because the family has the opportunity at the start of a child’s life to put feet firmly on the path home. Parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles are made more powerful guides and rescuers by the bonds of love that are the very nature of a family.”
~Henry B Eyring (Help Them on Their Way Home APR 2010 Conference)

9)      "Through the restored gospel we learn there is an ideal family. It is a family composed of a righteous Melchizedek Priesthood bearer with a righteous wife sealed to him and children born in the covenant or sealed to them. With a mother in the home in an environment of love and service, the parents teach their children, through example and precept, the ways of the Lord and His truths."
~Richard G Scott (First Things First APR 2001)

10)   "When the seas of life are stormy, a wise mariner seeks a port of peace. The family, as we have traditionally known it, is such a refuge of safety. 'The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions”
 ~President Monson (Dedication Day OCT 2000)