Actions Quotes Logo

David O. McKay Quotes

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

Show More

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

Show More

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...

Show More

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...

Show More

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

Show More

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

Show More

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

Show More

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

Show More
Secrets of a Happy Life

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...

Show More

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

Show More

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

Show More

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

Show More
Pathways to Happiness

Related Authors

Picture of David O. McKay

David O. McKay

Author

Born: 1873-09-08

Died: 1970-01-18

David Oman McKay (September 8, 1873 – January 18, 1970) was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of w:the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was an active general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history.More