Strenthening family quotes already used in our newsletter:

(used Dec. 2007)
  "I believe the mission statement for mortality might be 'to build an eternal family.' Here on this earth we strive to become part of extended families with the ability to create and form our own part of those families. That is one of the reasons our Heavenly Father sent us here. Not everyone will find a companion and have a family in mortality, but everyone, regardless of individual circumstances, is a precious member of God's family."

Elder M. Russell Ballard, "What Matters Most is What Lasts Longest," Ensign, November 2005, p. 41
(used Nov. 2007) 
"Our family-centered perspective should make Latter-day Saints strive to be the best parents in the world.  It should give us enormous respect for our children, who truly are our spiritual siblings, and it should cause us to devote whatever time is necessary to strengthen our families.  Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happiness--both our own and that of our children--than how well we love and support one another within the family."

Elder M. Russell Ballard, "What Matters Most is What Lasts Longest," Ensign, November 2005, p. 41


"The Lord expects us to strengthen the family — an institution of God — by supporting, sustaining, strengthening and teaching one another.
      "The family is falling apart all over the world.  Young people who come out of homes without roots, wander aimlessly, destroying their lives with drugs and other practices, joining gangs, molesting and even shooting one another.
      "[The family] was designed for His eternal purposes, to bring happiness into the lives of His children.  Fatherhood and motherhood are blessings without peer.
      "It is this family solidarity which is the only hope I see for the future of our nation."

 President Gordon B. Hinckley
 Madison Square Garden, N.Y., April, 1998

"Faithful attendance at Church, together with careful attention to the needs of the family, is a near-perfect combination.  In Church we are taught the Great Plan of Happiness (see Alma 12:32).    At home we apply what we have learned.  Every call, every service in the Church brings experience and valuable insights which carry over into family life."
Boyd K. Packer,   Ensign, November 1998, p. 23  "Parents in Zion"
"So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time."

President Thomas S. Monson - Ensign,  May 1994, 62

"The righteous molding of an immortal soul is the highest work we can do, and the home is the place to do it. ...When peace and harmony abound, the Holy Spirit will ever be present. The storms of the evil one can be stopped at the very entrance of our homes."

 Joseph B. Wirthlin, Spiritually Strong Homes And Families, General Conference, April 1993

"If we are practicing our faith and seeking the companionship of the Holy Spirit, his presence can be felt in our hearts and in our homes.  A family having daily family prayers and seeking to keep the commandments of God and honor his name and speak lovingly to one another will have a spiritual feeling in their home that will be discernible to all  who enter it.  I know this, because I have felt the presence or absence of that feeling in many LDS homes."

 Elder Dallin H. Oaks - CR October 1996
  "The greatest forces in the world are being used against families and traditional family values.  These values are being undermined in subtle and in not-so-subtle ways.  Because of this assault on family values, it takes all of your best efforts to fortify your family.  It takes hard work and planning.  It takes sacrifice.  'In the setting of the family...may I suggest that we give more of ourselves.'"

From the book Knit Together in Love

"No nation can rise above its homes. The church, the school, and even the nation, stand helpless before a weakened and degraded home, in building character. The good home is the rock foundation—the cornerstone of civilization. If this, our nation, is to endure, the home must be safeguarded, strengthened, and restored to its rightful importance."

 Ezra Taft Benson, "Conference Report," April 1949, Afternoon Meeting, p.196

"The Church teaches that everything should center in and around the family.  It stresses that the preservation of family life in time and eternity takes precedence above all other interests."

From the  book:  The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson

"At a time when families all across the world are falling apart, let us solidify our own, let us strengthen them, let us nurture them in righteousness and truth."
 Gordon B. Hinckley, "True to the Faith," General Conference, April 1997
"Strengthening families is our sacred duty as parents, children, extended family members, leaders, teachers, and individual members of the Church."

Elder Robert D. Hales - Ensign, May 1999, 32
"The family unit is fundamental not only to society and to the Church but also to our hope for eternal life."

Elder Henry B. Eyring - "The Family" - Ensign, Feb. 1998, p. 18

"The home is the laboratory of our lives, and what we learn there largely determines what we do when we leave there."

Thomas S. Monson (November 1988 Ensign)