“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”

Brigham Young

Topics: Education, Mothers & Motherhood, Parenting, Women

“Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration. President David O. McKay stated that being parents is “the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.”

James E. Faust | The Greatest Challenge in the World—Good Parenting

Topics: Family, Fathers & Fatherhood, Mothers & Motherhood, Parenting

“Under the plan of heaven, the husband and the wife walk side by side as companions, neither one ahead of the other, but a daughter of God and a son of God walking side by side. Let your families be families of love and peace and happiness.”

Gordon B. Hinckley | Ensign, Mar. 2001, 64.

Topics: Family, Fathers & Fatherhood, Marriage, Mothers & Motherhood

“You should express regularly to your wife and children your reverence and respect for her. Indeed, one of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”

Howard W. Hunter

Topics: Family, Fathers & Fatherhood, Mothers & Motherhood, Parenting

“When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell | The Women of God

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood, Politics, Women

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood

“Fathers and mothers, your foremost responsibility is your family. By working together you can have the kind of home the Lord expects you to have. By showing love and consideration for one another and for your children, you can build a reservoir of spiritual strength that will never run dry.”

Spencer W. Kimball

Topics: Family, Fathers & Fatherhood, Mothers & Motherhood, Parenting

“During my professional career as a doctor of medicine, I was occasionally asked why I chose to do that difficult work. I responded with my opinion that the highest and noblest work in this life is that of a mother. Since that option was not available to me, I thought that caring for the sick might come close. I tried to care for my patients as compassionately and competently as mother cared for me.”

Russell M. Nelson | Our Sacred Duty to Honor Women

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood, Work

“We have repeatedly affirmed the position of the Church in unalterably opposing all abortions, except in two rare instances: When conception is the result of forcible rape and when competent medical counsel indicates that a mother’s health would otherwise be seriously jeopardized.”

Spencer W. Kimball | “A Report and a Challenge,” Ensign, Nov. 1976, 6; see also “The Time to Labor Is Now,” Ensign, Nov. 1975, 6.

Topics: Abortion, Abuse, Mothers & Motherhood

“You were born to lead as mothers and fathers because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family. You were born to lead as priesthood and auxiliary leaders, as heads of communities, companies, and even nations. You were born to lead as men and women willing ‘to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places’ because that’s what a true leader does.”

Sheri Dew | No Doubt About It

Topics: Family, Fathers & Fatherhood, Leadership, Mothers & Motherhood, Parenting

There are some lines attributed to Victor Hugo that read: “She broke the bread into two fragments and gave them to her children, who ate with eagerness. ‘She hath kept none for herself,’ grumbled the sergeant. “‘Because she is not hungry,’ said the soldier. “‘No,’ said the sergeant, ‘Because she is a mother.'”

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland | "Broken Things to Mend"

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood

“Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood

“For women, the important ingredients for happiness are to forge an identity, serve the Lord, get an education, develop your talents, serve your family, and if possible to have a family of your own. However, you cannot do all these things well at the same time. You cannot be a 100-percent wife, a 100-percent mother, a 100-percent Church worker, a 100-percent career person, and a 100-percent public-service person at the same time. How can all of these roles be coordinated? I suggest that you can have it sequentially. Sequentially is a big word meaning to do things one at a time at different times. I hope you acquire all of the knowledge you can. Become as skillful as you can, but not exclusively in new careers at the expense of the primary ones, or you may find that you have missed one of the great opportunities of your lives.”

James E. Faust | How Near to the Angels. April 1998 General Conference.

Topics: Education, Mothers & Motherhood, Women

“Indeed, one of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother. A man who holds the priesthood regards the family as ordained of God. Your leadership of the family is your most important and sacred responsibility. The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.”

Howard W. Hunter

Topics: Fathers & Fatherhood, Love, Marriage, Mothers & Motherhood

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”

Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood

“My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all – the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.”

Mitt Romney

Topics: Family, Fathers & Fatherhood, Mothers & Motherhood, Parenting

“A woman with a mother heart has a testimony of the restored gospel, and she teaches the principles of the gospel without equivocation. She is keeping sacred covenants made in holy temples. Her talents and skills are shared unselfishly. She gains as much education as her circumstances will allow, improving her mind and spirit with the desire to teach what she learns to the generations who follow her.”

Julie B Beck | A “Mother Heart”

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood, Women

“We urge you to do all in your power to allow your wife to remain in the home, caring for the children while you provide for the family the best you can.”

Howard W. Hunter | Ensign, November 1994, p. 51

Topics: Fathers & Fatherhood, Mothers & Motherhood, Parenting

“The father should be full of kindness, and endeavor to happify and cheer the mother, that her heart may be comforted and her affections unimpaired in her earthly protector, that her love for God and righteousness may vibrate throughout her whole being.”

Brigham Young | Journal of Discourses, 8:62

Topics: Fathers & Fatherhood, Kindness, Marriage, Mothers & Motherhood

“Beyond our study of spiritual matters, secular learning is also essential. Often the future is unknown; therefore, it behooves us to prepare for uncertainties. Statistics reveal that at some time, because of the illness or death of a husband or because of economic necessity, you may find yourself in the role of financial provider. Some of you already occupy that role. I urge you to pursue your education—if you are not already doing so or have not done so—that you might be prepared to provide if circumstances necessitate such. “Your talents will expand as you study and learn. You will be able to better assist your families in their learning, and you will have peace of mind in knowing that you have prepared yourself for the eventualities that you may encounter in life.”

Thomas S. Monson | “Three Goals to Guide You”

Topics: Education, Mothers & Motherhood, Secularism (Worldliness), Women

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them—a mother’s approval, a father’s nod—are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

Mitch Albom | The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Topics: Fathers & Fatherhood, Mothers & Motherhood

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her.”

George Washington

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.”

Maya Angelou

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood

“Motherhood is more than bearing children. … It is the essence of who we are as women.”

Sheri Dew | Are We Not All Mothers?

Topics: Mothers & Motherhood, Women