Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

I have to have another child. I have to bring someone into this world that will be here for Dashiell.

We are created in the image of our heavenly parents; we are God's spirit children. Therefore, we have a vast capacity for love - it is part of our spiritual heritage.

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

I always knew I was going to be a mommy, and because I came from a family of three kids, I always assumed I would have three!

The modern challenge to motherhood is the eternal challenge--that of being a godly woman. The very phrase sounds strange in our ears. We never hear it now. We hear about every other type of women: beautiful women, smart women, sophisticated women, career women, talented women, divorced women. But so seldom to we hear of a godly woman--or of a godly man either, for that matter. I believe women come nearer to fulfilling their God-given function in the home than anywhere else.

Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!

I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly.

When it comes to role models, as a person of faith, I think we all have one perfect role model. And when I'm asked that question, I point to God and to my faith. And that's where I tell my kids to look.

I love being a mom.

I want a daughter no matter what.

No human being, religion, nation, and sect can deny respect to mother.

A mother plays a very important role in every child's life.

I'm a parent. I'm a mother.

I took being a mom very seriously.

I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.

All my children are blessings. I love them to bits. They're my world.

Now I tell everyone, 'Just become a mom if you can' - it is so amazing, and God answers all your prayers, and all those things that you worry about don't matter.

I love being a mother. I think it's so incredible.

I would love to have children, as I am such a mommy. I have always been like that.

I've seen my mother struggling, everything that she did to raise me and my brothers and my sisters, and I know the anger that she went through.

If I knew the joy a child brings, I'd have become a mom earlier.

Since day one I've always wanted kids.

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.

The number one thing in my whole life is my children, and I want to be there for them.