Thomas S. Monson
"As a people, aren't we grateful that family prayer is not an out-of-date practice with us? There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. The oft-repeated phrase is ever true, 'The family that prays together stays together.'
"The Lord directed that we have family prayer when he said, 'Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed.' (3 Nephi 18:21.)
"Will you join me as we look in on a typical Latter-day Saint family offering prayers unto the Lord? Father, mother and each of the children kneel, bow their heads and close their eyes. A sweet spirit of love, unity, peace fills the home. As father hears his tiny son pray unto God that his dad will do the right things and be obedient to the Lord's bidding, do you think that such a father would find it difficult to honor the prayer of this precious son? As a teenaged daughter hears her sweet mother plead unto the Lord that her daughter will be inspired in the selection of her companions, that she will prepare herself for temple marriage don't you believe that such a daughter will seek to honor this humble, pleading petition of her mother whom she so dearly loves? When father, mother, and each of the children earnestly pray that these fine sons in the family will live worthy that they may, in due time, receive a call to serve as ambassadors of the Lord in the mission fields of the Church, don't we begin to see how such sons grow to young manhood with an overwhelming desire to serve as missionaries?" (Conference Report, Apr. 1964, p. 130)
John Taylor
"Do you have prayers in your family?…And when you do, do you go through the operation like the [grinding] of a piece of machinery, or do you bow in meekness and with…sincere desire to seek the blessing of God upon you and your household? That is the way…we ought to do, and cultivate a spirit of devotion and trust in God, dedicating ourselves to him, and seeking his blessings." (Journal of Discourses, 21:118 as taken from Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon compiled by K. Douglas Bassett, p. 437)
L. Tom Perry
"Never let a day go by without holding family prayer and family scripture study. Put this, the Lord's program, to the test; and see if it does not bless your home with greater peace, hope, love, and faith. I promise you that daily family prayer and scripture study will build within the walls of your home a security and bonding that will enrich your lives and prepare your families to meet the challenges of today and the eternities to come." (Ensign, May 1993, p. 92 as taken from Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon compiled by K. Douglas Bassett, p. 228)