Who Said This?

Update..we have a winner! Read the comments to be impressed by the vast knowledge of my friend Lawanna!

"We need heaven's help to raise heaven's children."

Twice now I have been quoted in sacrament meeting talks and lessons as having made this somewhat impressive statement. Apparently several years ago I gave a talk and used this quote. A talk which I have now forgotten. The quote? I don't remember it at all....so I asked the teacher of the lesson if she remembered who I attributed the quote to all those years ago. She thought it was a profound colettism.

I wonder if Ralph Waldo Emerson knew he was being profound when he made all his impressive quotes? Did people repeat his words in their own speeches until the words became famous? Will I be included in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations- the 1,000th edition? When you google Heaven's Children in 50 years will you see my name?

I did attempt to find any other possible profound quotesters by googling the quote and variations. (It's looking more and more impressive to me the more I think that maybe, just maybe I actually coined the phrase!) There were no hits...I take that back- there were millions of hits about heaven, children, and the children in heaven and the children who came from heaven and the children who came from other places too.

No exact matches appeared in the first 1,000,000 hits.

I have to admit to being totally flushed with pride (not the good kind...if there is a good kind) while being quoted from the pulpit. I must look for better ways to achieve self-worth! But until I find them, I will enjoy the quote fame while it lasts.

However, before I become too overcome with pride....perhaps you recall who said this first? A prize to the winner. Not necessarily a good prize...or a prize that costs money, but a prize nonetheless!

Game on!