[How we should act]

"Let us conquer ourselves, and then go to and conquer all the evil that we see around us, as far as we possibly can. And we will do it without using violence; we will do it without interfering with the agency of men or women. We will do it by persuasion, by long-suffering, by patience, and by forgiveness and love unfeigned, by which we will win the hearts, the affections and the souls of the children of men to the truth as God has revealed it to us"

-- Joseph F. Smith, Teachings, pg. 250

"The best time to stop domestic violence is before it begins."

-- Unknown Author

"Follow the three "R's" Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions. Studying this dictum, we realize that not one of the three can stand alone or independent of the other. If all three are not working inside a person, an organization, a country simultaneously then someone (human or animal) is being disrespected, hurt, trampled, spat upon perhaps figuratively, perhaps literally."

"When you find the love for yourself, you can begin to find it for others."

-- Unknown

[Family Abuse]

"Would you, as an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ, dishonor your wife or your children? Would you desert the mother of your children, the wife of your bosom, the gift of God to you, which is more precious than life itself? For without the woman the man is not perfect in the Lord, no more than the woman is perfect without the man."

-- Joseph F. Smith, Teachings, pg. 252

"The man that will be angry at his boy, and try to correct him while he is in anger, is in the greatest fault; he is more to be pitied and more to be condemned than the child who has done wrong.. You can only correct your children by love, in kindness, by love unfeigned, by persuasion, and reason."

-- Joseph F. Smith, Teachings, pg. 254

[To the Abuser]

"Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate"

-- Titus 1:15-16, KJV Bible

"Anger is a thief who steals away the nice moments."

-- Joan Lunden

"To hurt is easy. Not to hurt takes wisdom."

-- Unknown

"There appears to be a plague of child abuse spreading across the world. Perhaps it has always been with us but has not received the attention it presently receives. I am glad there is a hue and cry going up against this terrible evil, too much of which is found among our own. Fathers, you cannot abuse your little ones without offending God. Any man involved in an incestuous relationship is unworthy to hold the priesthood. He is unworthy to hold membership in the Church and should be dealt with accordingly. Any man who beats or in other ways abuses his children will be held accountable before the great judge of us all. If there be any within the sound of my voice who are guilty of such practices, let them repent forthwith, make amends where possible, develop within themselves that discipline which can curb such evil practices, plead with the Lord for forgiveness, and resolve within their hearts henceforth to walk with clean hands."

-- Gordon B. Hinckley, The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley