Earthly families give us the best chance to make it back to God

"Though earthly families are far from perfect, they give God’s children the best chance to be welcomed to the world with the only love on earth that comes close to what we felt in heaven—parental love. Families are also the best way to preserve and pass on moral virtues and true principles that are most likely to lead us back to God’s presence."

- President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, "Gathering the Family of God," General Conference, April 2017

We owe our families the kind of relationship we can take into the presence of God

"We owe our families the kind of relationship we can take into the presence of God. We must try not to give offense or take offense. We can determine to forgive quickly and fully. We can try to seek the happiness of others above our own. We can be kind in our speech. As we try to do all these things, we will invite the Holy Ghost into our families and into our lives."

- President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, "Families Can Be Together Forever," Ensign, June 2015
https://www.lds.org/ensign/2015/06/families-can-be-together-forever?lang=eng

"Pure love is an incomparable, potent power for good. Righteous love is the foundation of a successful marriage. It is the primary cause of contented, well-developed children. Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother’s love? What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully plants and lovingly cultivates in the fertile soil of a child’s trusting mind and heart? As a mother you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities. With your husband you can nurture, strengthen, and cause those traits to flower."

- Elder Richard G. Scott, of the Quorum of the Twelve, "The Eternal Blessings of Marriage," General Conference, April 2011
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/the-eternal-blessings-of-marriage?lang=eng

Latter-day Saints should be the best parents

"Our family-centered perspective should make Latter-day Saints strive to be the best parents in the world. It should give us enormous respect for our children, who truly are our spiritual siblings, and it should cause us to devote whatever time is necessary to strengthen our families. Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happiness—both our own and that of our children—than how well we love and support one another within the family."

- M. Russell Ballard, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "What Matters Most Is What Lasts Longest," General Conference, Oct 2005

FHE blessings

“Regular participation in family home evening will develop increased personal worth, family unity, love for our fellowmen, and trust in our Father in heaven. It is our promise that great blessings will come to all who conscientiously plan and hold weekly family home evenings.”

“Message from the First Presidency,” inFamily Home Evening: Happiness through Faith in Jesus Christ (1976), 3., as quoted in  "Four Tools That Bring Promised Blessings," Ensign, April 2015

FHE blessings

“Families who prayerfully prepare and consistently hold their weekly Home Evenings, and who work together during the week to apply the lessons in their lives, will be blessed. There will be better feelings between husband and wife, between parents and children, and among children. In such homes the Spirit of the Lord will be made manifest.”

President David O. McKay, in Family Home Evening Manual 1967 (1967), iii–iv, as quoted in "Four Tools That Bring Promised Blessings," Ensign, April 2015

“When members of the Church attend the temple regularly, inner peace calms the soul; the Spirit of the Lord permeates the home; love and respect deepen between family members; problems are more clearly defined; solutions are more apparent; emotions are more serene in family relations.”

Elder Royden G. Derrick (1915–2009) of the Presidency of the Seventy, Temples in the Last Days (1987), 156, as quoted in "Four Tools That Bring Promised Blessings," Ensign, April 2015

"Homes should be an anchor, a safe harbor, a place of refuge, a happy place where families dwell together, a place where children are loved. In the home, parents should teach their children the great lessons of life. Home should be the center of one’s earthly experience, where love and mutual respect are appropriately blended."

- Elder L. Tom Perry, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "Called of God," General Conference, Oct 2002
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2002/10/called-of-god?lang=eng

Approach children with reason, with persuasion and love unfeigned

"Fathers, if you wish your children to be taught in the principles of the gospel, if you wish them to love the truth and understand it, if you wish them to be obedient to and united with you, love them! and prove to them that you do love them by your every word or act to them. For your own sake, for the love that should exist between you and your boys—however wayward they might be, or one or the other might be, when you speak or talk to them, do it not in anger, do it not harshly, in a condemning spirit. Speak to them kindly; get them down and weep with them if necessary and get them to shed tears with you if possible. Soften their hearts; get them to feel tenderly toward you. Use no lash and no violence, but … approach them with reason, with persuasion and love unfeigned."

- Joseph F. Smith, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, (2011), 249–55
http://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-joseph-f-smith/chapter-28?lang=eng

Righteousness proceeds outward

"Develop spiritual strength in yourself, and there will be felicity in the family. Righteousness proceeds outward from the individual to the group. We will find that if we are converted (through studying, searching, and praying), our immediate desire is to want to help others. True conversion causes us to want to reach out to the living and to the deceased to do what we can to help in each case."

- Pres. Spencer W. Kimball, President of the Church, "Boys Need Heroes Close By," General Conference, Apr 1976
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1976/04/boys-need-heroes-close-by?lang=eng

There will be searching questions concerning our domestic relations

"I am confident that when we stand before the bar of God, there will be little mention of how much wealth we accumulated in life or of any honors which we may have achieved. But there will be searching questions concerning our domestic relations. And I am convinced that only those who have walked through life with love and respect and appreciation for their companions and children will receive from our eternal judge the words, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: … enter thou into the joy of thy lord” (Matt. 25:21)."

- Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church, "Personal Worthiness to Exercise the Priesthood," General Conference, Apr 2002
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2002/04/personal-worthiness-to-exercise-the-priesthood?lang=eng

"Placing God first in all things kindles greater love and devotion between husband and wife, parents and children."

- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, "Come to Zion! Come to Zion!," Ensign, Nov 2002, p. 96
http://www.lds.org/ensign/2002/11/come-to-zion-come-to-zion?lang=eng