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Let husband and wife never speak to one another in loud tones,unless the house is on fire.
Everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite.
Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.
Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.
It is written that he who governs well, leads the blind; But that he who teaches, gives them eyes.
To be ignorant of one's own ignorance is to be in an unprogressive, uninspired state of existence.
Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.
[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.
Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls
If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives!
As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.
It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
There is no development of character without resistance, there is no growth of spirituality without overcoming.
True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.
Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives.
The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.
Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.
The world is hungry to hear the truth. ... We have it. Are we equal to the task-to the responsibility God has placed upon us?
He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.
The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.
Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.
The first contributing factor to a happy home is the sublime virtue of loyalty, one of the noblest attributes of the human soul.
The seeds of a happy marriage are sown in youth. Happiness does not begin at the altar; it begins during the period of youth and courtship.
Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.
The united, well-ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States.
I wish to emphasize the fact that our homes should be more attractive and that more of our amusements should be in the home instead of the streets.
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
I believe that only through a truly educated citizenry can the ideals that inspired the Founding Fathers of our nation be preserved and perpetuated.
Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for nations.
Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.
"We don't take sufficient time to meditate." I get up early in the morning...five o'clock, when my mind and spirit are clear and rested. Then I meditate.
Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should be will this nation be what it should be.
There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate.
The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.
When a Father takes the child by the hand, he takes the Mother by the Heart.... The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life’s journey.
We must not close our eyes to the fact that there are conspiring men who would pollute young boys, and girls of corresponding age, for sake of increasing profits.
… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.
True Christianity is love in action. There is no better way to manifest love for God than to show an unselfish love for your fellow men. This is the spirit of missionary work
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.
The kind of life you live, your disposition, your very nature, will be determined by your thoughts, of which your acts are but the outward expression. Thought is the seed of action.
Next to being one in worshipping God there is nothing in this world upon which the Church should be more united that in upholding and defending the Constitution of the United States
A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.
Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.
True motherhood is the noblest call of the world, and we look with sorrow upon the practice here in our own United States of limiting families, a tendency creeping into our own Church.
I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.
When the husband and wife are healthy, and free from inherited weaknesses and diseases that might be transmitted with injury to their offspring the use of contraceptives is to be condemned.