Would you have a strong and virile nation, keep your homes pure; would you reduce delinquency and crime, lessen the number of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The development of our spiritual nature should concern us most. Spirituality is the highest acquisition of the soul, the divine in man;… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
I wish to emphasize the fact that our homes should be more attractive and that more of our amusements should be in… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
A man may act as his conscience dictates so long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others. That is… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Next to being one in worshipping God there is nothing in this world upon which the Church should be more united that… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“An essential virtue is humility. … The principle of humility and prayer leads one to feel a need of divine guidance. Self-reliance… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
I desire to call attention to the fact that the united, well ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Seeking the pleasure of conjugality without a willingness to assume the responsibilities of rearing a family is one of the onslaughts that… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The young man who closes the door behind him, who draws the curtains, and there in silence pleads with God for help,… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
But there is a beauty every girl has—a gift from God, as pure as the sunlight, and as sacred as life. It is a… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Free agency is a gift of God....The world does not comprehend the significance of that divine gift to the individual. It is as inherent… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home. Swearing is… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“No thing worth while is obtained in this life without sacrificing, without putting forth effort. The evil one thrusts things upon us but God… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
There are seeds of happiness in every soul. Our mental attitude and dispositions constitute the environment in which these seeds germinate. There is as… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image