David O. McKay Quotes

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.

There should be no yelling in the home unless there is a fire.

The greatest work we will ever do will be within the walls of our home.

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

True happiness comes only by making others happy.

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.

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.

Let husband and wife never speak to one another in loud tones,unless the house is on fire.

Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.

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.

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.

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.

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.

There is no success which can compensate for the failure of the family.

No greater responsibility can rest upon a man, than to be a teacher of God's children

The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

… 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.

The first contributing factor to a happy home is the sublime virtue of loyalty, one of the noblest attributes of the human soul.

True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.

As long as the day lasts, let's give it all we got.

Anger itself does more harm than the condition which aroused anger.

He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.

It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home

To be ignorant of one's own ignorance is to be in an unprogressive, uninspired state of existence.

The best means of preaching the gospel is by personal contact.

Do your duty that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

That which a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress. I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you don't have to think.

Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls

No other success [in life] can compensate for failure in the home.

There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate.

Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.

Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is.

The greatest need in the world today is faith in God and courage to do His will.

The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.

It is written that he who governs well, leads the blind; But that he who teaches, gives them eyes.

The most powerful thing in the world is an idea.

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

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.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.

The united, well-ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States.

The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.

Gossip bespeaks either a vacant mind or one that entertains jealousy or envy.

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.