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Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should be will this nation be what it should be.

David O. McKay

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David O. McKay
Age: 96 †
Born: 1873
Born: September 8
Died: 1970
Died: January 18
Author
Prophet
Teacher
Huntsville
Utah
David Oman McKay
Future
America
Home
Come
Homes
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Nation
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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 a vice that bespeaks a low standard of breeding. Blasphemous exclamations drive out all spirit of reverence.
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Always remember that a soldier's pack is lighter than a slave's chains.
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The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.
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There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate.
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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.
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As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.
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Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
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Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.
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True happiness comes only by making others happy.
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The Constitution of this government was written by men who accepted Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind. Let men and women in these United States then continue to keep their eyes centered upon Him who ever shines as a Light to all the world.
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One of my most precious possessions is my memory of a home in which love was supreme, in which I cannot recall ever a cross word having passed between father and mother. We all owe such a blessing to our children.
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As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we've been 'wallowing in the mire.
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The greatest comfort in this life is having a close relationship with God.
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Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
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The seeds of a happy marriage are sown in youth. Happiness does not begin at the altar it begins during the period of youth and courtship.
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Thoughts that most frequently occupy the mind determine a man's course of action.
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All men who have moved the world have been men who would stand true to their conscience.
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