As a young mother, I often feel discouraged over the enormity of my responsibility to raise a righteous generation. I feel like this song is a narrative of the Savior singing directly to me, supporting me. And yet, I can also hear myself singing this to my boys as they enter trials through their growing years.
"You [mothers] rock a sobbing child without wondering if today’s world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms."--Neal A. Maxwell
"When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?" --Neal A. Maxwell
"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?"-- Elbert Hubbard
“The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.” -- Hamilton Wright Mabee
“I long to accomplish some great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” -- Helen Keller
