There is no job harder than being a parent. While it will bring you immense joy, it will also bring you lots of stress and concern. Because we are incapable of being perfect humans, we are also incapable of being perfect parents. One of the best places we can turn to for advice on how to parent our children is the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This article is full of insightful and uplifting LDS quotes on parenting that are sure to inspire you and provide you with insight that is sure to get you thinking. These quotes emphasize the divine calling and profound impact of parenting, highlighting the importance of love, example, and gospel-centered teaching in raising children. Be sure to save these for future reference, and share them with friends and family who will also enjoy them.
30 Greatest LDS Quotes On Parenting
“Rearing happy, peaceful children is no easy challenge in today’s world, but it can be done, and it is being done.” – Ezra Taft Benson
“The most important of the Lord’s work that you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home.” — Harold B. Lee
“There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” — James E. Faust
“As we train a new generation, so will the world be in a few years. If you are worried about the future, then look to the upbringing of your children.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
“Teaching our children to understand is more than just imparting information. It’s helping our children get the doctrine into their hearts.” — Cheryl A. Esplin
“The obvious includes four imperatives with reference to children: love them, teach them, respect them, pray with them and for them.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
“We can help our children see beyond differences in others and recognize that we are all children of a loving Heavenly Father.” — Gayle M. Clegg
“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” — David O. McKay
“How fortunate, how blessed is the child who feels the affection of his or her parents.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
“The first and most important inner quality you can instill in a child is faith in God. The first and most important action a child can learn is obedience. And the most powerful tool you have with which to teach a child is love.” – L. Tom Perry
“If only all children had loving parents, safe homes, and caring friends, what a wonderful world would be theirs.” — Thomas S. Monson
“If we are concerned about our tomorrows, we will teach our children wisely and carefully, for in them lie our tomorrows.” — M. Russell Ballard
“Love should be the very heart of family life.” — Thomas S. Monson
“Is there any greater gift that we can impart to our children than a memory burned deep into their hearts that we know that our Redeemer lives? ” — K. Brett Nattress
“I don’t know if anything in this world could bring more happiness and joy than to know that our children know the Savior.” — K. Brett Nattress
“As parents, we introduce our children to Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. We help our children say their first prayer. We offer guidance and support as they enter the covenant path through baptism. We teach them to obey God’s commandments. We educate them about His plan for His children, and we help them recognize the whisperings of the Holy Ghost. We tell them stories of ancient prophets and encourage them to follow living ones. We pray for their triumphs and ache with them during their trials. We testify to our children of temple blessings, and we strive to prepare them well to serve full-time missions. We offer loving counsel as our children become parents themselves. But—even then—we never stop being their parents. We never stop being their teachers. We are never released from these eternal callings.” – Devin G. Durrant
“In every teaching situation all learning and all understanding are best nurtured in an atmosphere of warmth and love where the Spirit is present.” — Cheryl A. Esplin
“Through the guidance of loving parents and dedicated teachers, small children can become familiar with the scriptures and the spirit that accompanies them.” — Anne G. Wirthlin
“Above all else, children need to know and feel they are loved, wanted, and appreciated. They need to be assured of that often. Obviously, this is a role parents should fill.” — Ezra Taft Benson
“We help God’s children best by providing ways to build faith in Jesus Christ and His restored gospel when they are young.” — Henry B. Eyring
“I am deeply moved that God finds His ultimate purpose and meaning in being a parent.” – Jeffrey R. Holland
“A successful parent is one who has loved, one who has sacrificed, and one who has cared for, taught, and ministered to the needs of a child. If you have done all of these and your child is still wayward or troublesome or worldly, it could well be that you are, nevertheless, a successful parent.” – Howard W. Hunter
“Our role as parents in rearing righteous children is to provide, protect, and nurture, and we do that as equal partners.” — Bonnie D. Parkin
“Even that beloved and wonderfully successful parent President Joseph F. Smith pled, ‘Oh! God, let me not lose my own.’ That is every parent’s cry, and in it is something of every parent’s fear. But no one has failed who keeps trying and keeps praying. You have every right to receive encouragement and to know in the end your children will call your name blessed.” – Jeffrey R. Holland
“Teach your children to work and to take responsibility.” – Joe J. Christensen
“Certainly parents will make mistakes in their parenting process, but through humility, faith, prayer, and study, each person can learn a better way and in so doing bless the lives of family members now and teach correct traditions for the generations that follow.” – Robert D. Hales
“Perhaps the best gift parents can give their children is to love each other.” – LeGrand R. Curtis
“The commandment to honor our parents echoes the sacred spirit of family relationships in which—at their best—we have sublime expressions of heavenly love and care for one another. We sense the importance of these relationships when we realize that our greatest expressions of joy or pain in mortality come from the members of our families.” – Dallin H. Oaks
“It is the love story between husband and wife, parents and children, that renews itself through the ages.” – Boyd K. Packer
“Surely no more important work is to be done in this world than preparing our children to be God-fearing, happy, honorable, and productive.” – James E. Faust
“We are to teach and train our children in the ways of the Lord.” – David B. Haight
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Final Thoughts On These LDS Parenting Quotes
We hope you found this list of LDS quotes on parenting full of insight and inspiration. Parenting is the hardest, and most important job we will ever have in this life. So it’s important that we get our advice from reliable sources, such as the church, and it’s Family Proclamation. Be sure to save these LDS quotes, and share them with friends and family.