"From my experience, it would seem that faithful mothers have a special gift that we often refer to as mother's intuition. Perhaps with the great blessing of motherhood, our Heavenly Father has endowed them with this quality, since fathers, busy in priesthood callings and with the work of earning a livelihood, never draw quite as close to heavenly beings in matters that relate to the more intimate details of bringing up children in the home. It might be described in this way: Father is the head, but Mother is the heart of the family home."

(The Teachings of Harold B. Lee, Edited by Clyde J. Williams. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1996)

"The future homes of America will be fortified as parents uphold the Christian virtues before their children. If parents love and respect each other, and if in their sacred partnership there are full support and unquestioned fidelity, these essentials will be translated into the homes of tomorrow...

Parenthood carries with it peculiar responsibilities. If these are accepted without quibbling, while enthroning Motherhood as the highest calling of women, our children- the parents of tomorrow- will be properly impressed and encouraged in the establishment of like homes."

(Ezra Taft Benson, "CBS Church of the Air," April 3, 1949)

"I have stated before that “home should be a happy place because all work to keep it that way. It is said that happiness is homemade, and we should endeavor to make our homes happy and pleasant places for us and our children. A happy home is one centered around the teachings of the gospel, and this takes constant, careful effort by all concerned.”

LeGrand R. Curtis

Gordon B. Hinckley said: “The home is under siege. So many families are being destroyed. … If anyone can change the dismal situation into which we are sliding, it is you. Rise up rise to the great challenge which faces you.”
(Liahona, January 1999)

“Or you can create something angular and cold … and artificial. In a thousand different ways your youngsters will be influenced by the choice you make. You can set the tone. It can be quiet and peaceful where quiet and powerful strength can grow, or it can be bold and loud and turn the mainspring of tension a bit tighter in the little children as they are growing up, until at last, that mainspring breaks”

(Eternal Marriage, Brigham Young University Speeches of the Year [14 Apr. 1970]).

 
"Cultivate a spirit of gladness in your homes.  Subdue and overcome all elements of anger, impatience and unbecoming talk one to another. "

-Gordon B. Hinckley