Quotes from Howard W. Hunter

Tender expressions of love and affection toward children are as much the responsibility of the father as the mother. Tell your children you love them.

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.

What a glorious thing is life, surrounded by the beauties of the world in which we live.

The real spirit of Christmas lies in the life and mission of the Master.

The real Christmas comes to him who has taken Christ into his life as a moving, dynamic, vitalizing force. The real spirit of Christmas lies in the life and mission of the Master.

The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.

While waiting for promised blessings, one should not mark time, for to fail to move forward is to some degree a retrogression. Be anxiously engaged in good causes, including your own development.

We have every reason in time and eternity to rejoice and give thanks for the quality of our lives and the blessings we have been given.

Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better, they inspire others to do better.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others.

How sacredly do [we] regard the good name of another?...Do we pass on spicy bits of entertaining conversation...repeating rumors and stories which have not been submitted to the test of truth?

Swallow what's bitter in the cup and move on.

Whatever Jesus lays His hands upon, lives. If He lays is hands upon a marriage, it lives. If He is allowed to lay His hands on the family, it lives.

There is a great need to rally the women of the Church to stand with and for the Brethren in stemming the tide of evil that surrounds us.

One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person.

It is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church worthy to enter the temple.

A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence.

Whatever Jesus lays His hands upon, lives. If He lays is hands upon a marriage, it lives. If He is allowed to lay His hands on the family, it lives.

Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.

Courage is acting in spite of fear.

Faith is the element that builds the bridge in the absence of concrete evidence.

If you feel that . . . what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart. Most of the best people who ever lived weren't very famous either.

The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upward and leads to a perfect forgiveness.