Howard W. Hunter Quotes

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

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

True greatness...always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not limited to a system of beliefs; it is a plan of action.

That which is worth while is seldom easy.

We need to remember that though we make our friends, God has made our neighbors – everywhere. Love should have no boundary; we should have no narrow loyalties.

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

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

Look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership.

The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

When we . . . read and study the scriptures, benefits and blessings of many kinds come to us. This is the most profitable of all study in which we could engage.

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

Courage is acting in spite of fear.

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

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.

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.

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.

Surely the Lord loves, more than anything else, an unwavering determination to obey his counsel.

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

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

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.

Tenderness and respect-never selfishness-must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife

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.

Why do we serve? When we understand why, we won't be concerned about where we serve.

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.

The temple is a place of beauty, it is a place of revelation, it is a place of peace. It is the house of the Lord. It is holy unto the Lord. It should be holy unto us.