Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

I'm just excited to watch my kids grow up.

Nothing is more precious than your baby.

I have always loved children. I've been fantasizing about motherhood since I was probably 2 ½. I loved to babysit my cousins, and nieces, you know.

You have nothing in this world more precious than your children. When you grow old, when your hair turns white and your body grows weary, when you are prone to sit in a rocker and meditate on the things of your life, nothing will be so important as the question of how your children have turned out... Do not trade your birthright as a mother for some bauble of passing value... The baby you hold in your arms will grow as quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days.

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.

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

My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.

Lot of things depend on the up bringing of a child.

But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.

I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young.

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

I wouldn't rule out L.A. life, but I love England. I have a lovely house and nice garden, I walk my kids to school - family is most important to me.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

I'm a family guy. I want to be home with my family, want to spend as much time with my family as I can.

The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you have to remember that.

I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I've spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.