Dave Winfield Quotes

Home life, home teaching, parental guidance is the panacea for all the ailments, a cure for all diseases, a remedy for all problems.

My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.

Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes.

Family was real important in putting me on my path. I'm so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

Am I calm all the time? That is a question to ask my mother. I am very happy in my home. I have a good family, that gives me something extra.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.

I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I, I'm happy to acknowledge.

I think that's why I was able to go so far in my life and career - because my mom always supported me, even when I had the craziest ideas ever.

Everybody's mom plays a huge role in their development and support. Mom was awesome. There is no one better. I had a good family. I had six brothers and six sisters, and they were all very supportive.

I think it's easier to play when you do have a balanced home. I think if I did have alcoholism in my personal life, or my mother, or somebody close to me, it might have been much more uncomfortable to get in there.

As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’? Unlike the book on the library shelf, the covers of which shield its contents, our lives cannot be closed. Parents, we truly are an open book in the library of learning of our homes.

How vital are mother’s influence and teaching in the home-and how apparent when neglected!

I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.

My mother gave me a piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. The correction was the meat, the substance. And then she would sandwich that, sandwich that with another piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. That was very important in shaping and molding our morality, our understanding of ourselves, making sure that we didn’t think we were better than or less than anyone, feeling no more worthy or no less worthy than anyone else.

Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.

A mother's example sketches the outline of her child's character.

One of the best indicators of student achievement is the academic success of the mother in the home.

I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn't want to call me for all of the money; she only wanted to take care of some of the kids.

The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.

My father has been the silent force behind my success. My mother has been a constant source of guidance in my career.

My mother taught me to always be strong and always work hard. She's been working hard her whole life for me and my brother. I'm a lot like her in that I work hard for what I want. She taught me that.