Idaho LDS Home Educators

Cherishing the Joyful Moments of Motherhood

I love to read and ponder beautiful quotes,

they just seem to speak to me...

I hope that the words that follow will lift your heart ~

that you'll find a moment for a laugh and possibly a tear or two.


Many blessings to you as you faithfully strive to educate your own.

May you always be uplifted and edified in this noble role!

Blessings,
Stacey Lytle

 

 


 

"Children are not lumps of clay that a mother can mold and shape into whatever she thinks would be best. 
They are seedlings  ....  already pears, pines, or petunias. 
As gardeners, we can add only sunshine, water, fertilizer,
time, and love in order to make that growing plant
the most beautiful specimen of what it was intended to be."   
Linda J. Eyre

 

 

"Education commences at the mothers knee,

and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children

tends toward the formation of character." 

Hosea Ballou

 

 

"Every child should have mudpies, grasshoppers, waterbugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, animals to pet, hay fields, pinecones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets - and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of his education." 

Luther Burbank

 

 

"Education is helping a child realize his potential." 

Erick Fromm

 

 

"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives." 

Robert Hutchins

 

 

"I hear and I forget.  I see and I remember.  I do and I understand."  Chinese Proverb

 

 

"The institution we call 'school'

is what it is because we made it that way. 

If it is irrelevant;

if it shields children from reality;

 if it educates for obsolence;

 if it does not develop intelligence; 

if it is based on fear;

if it avoids the promotion of significant learnings;

if it induces alienations;

if it punishes creativity and independence;

if in short, it is not doing what needs to be done,

it can be changed;

it must be changed."   

Unknown

 

 


"The mere stuffing of the mind with a knowledge of facts is not education. The mind must not only possess a knowledge of the truth,

but the soul must revere it, cherish it, love it as a priceless gem;

and this human life must be guided and shaped by it

in order to fulfill its destiny.

The mind should not only be charged with intelligence,

but the soul should be filled with admiration and desire

for pure intelligence which comes of a knowledge of the truth.

The truth can only make him free who hath it and will continue in it.

And the word of God is truth, and it will endure forever."
Joseph F. Smith 

(The Contributor 16:570, June 5, 1895.)


"God, our Father, has entrusted precious little ones to our earthly care.

To them may we teach prayer, inspire faith, live truth, and honor God.

Then we shall have heavenly homes and forever families."
President Thomas S. Monson
Teaching Our Children
Ensign, October 2004, 2-7

 

 


"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."  

W.B. Yeats


"Behold your little ones.

Pray with them.

Pray for them and bless them.

The world into which they are moving is a complex and difficult world.

They will run into heavy seas of adversity.

They will need all the strength and all the faith

you can give them while they are yet near you.

And they also will need a greater strength which comes of a higher power. They must do more than go along with what they find.

They must lift the world, and the only levers they will have

are the example of their own lives and the powers of persuasion

that will come of their testimonies and their knowledge of the things of God. They will need the help of the Lord.

While they are young, pray with them

that they may come to know that source of strength

which shall then always be available in every hour of need."
President Gordon B. Hinckley

 


"Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word

of command with exactness;

yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them;

and I did remember the words which they said unto me

that their mothers had taught them."
Alma 57:21

 


"No system of education can be perfect which does not teach

the principle of righteousness and faith in God."   

George Q. Cannon

 


"Character is the aim of true education;

and science, history and literature are but means

used to accomplish this desired end.

Character is not the result of chance,

but of continuous right thinking and right acting.

True education seeks to make men and women

not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists,

profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights,

but also, honest men, with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love.

It seeks to make men and women who prize truth, justice,

wisdom, benevolence, and self-control

as the choicest acquisitions of a successful life.

It is regrettable that modern education so little emphasizes

these fundamental elements of true character."
David O. McKay  (Gospel Ideals, pp. 440-441)

 

"In bringing up children,

spend on them half as much money and twice as much time." 

Harold S. Hulbert

 

"When you praise frequently,

you are no longer the nagging coach,

you are a cheerleader. 

Who is more inspiring?" 

Cynthia Whitham

 

"...(Mother) believed that her children were fated

to make important marks in the world,

and that her first responsibility was to educate them

so they would be prepared for their rendezvous with destiny." 

(Taken from Cheaper by the Dozen)

 

 

"Do you have a million dollars, Daddy?  Billy asked. 

"No," said Dad a little ruefully.  "I have a million children, instead.  Somewhere along the line, a man has to choose between the two." 

(Taken from Cheaper by the Dozen)

 

 

"When you observe kind and gentle mothers in action,

you see a woman of great strength...

They seek fine educations for their children

and have a thirst for knowledge themselves. 

They help their children develop skills that they can use in serving others.  They know that the way they have chosen is not the easy way,

but they know it is absolutely worth their finest efforts." 

"Surely when a woman reverences motherhood,

her children will arise up and call her blessed."  

"Women of God can never be like women of the world. 

The world has enough women who are tough;

we need women who are tender. 

There are enough women who are coarse;

we need women who are kind. 

There are enough women who are rude; 

we need women who are refined. 

We have enough women of fame and fortune; 

we need more women of faith. 

We have enough greed;

we need more goodness. 

We have enough vanity;

we need more virtue. 

We have enough popularity;

we need more purity."

Margaret D. Nadauld

(General Conference Address ~ October 7, 2000)

 

 

"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them." 

Lady Bird Johnson

 

 

"To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."   

David Viscott