David O. McKay Quotes

Appreciation is a great virtue, and if husbands and wives expressed it more frequently in our homes,...

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literatu...

Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.

As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, m...

The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.

Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.

The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of w...

Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irres...

But there is a beauty every girl has—agift from God, as pure as the sunlight,and as sacred as life. ...

Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’. . . George Q. Morris [who later became a me...

Each one of us is the architect of his own fate; and he is unfortunate indeed who will try to build ...

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, s...

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the soul...

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance...

Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glo...