Quotes About Family

It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means, to live there with an obliging spouse and to be satisfied with little.

I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.

The majority of people who come to America come to America for a better life for their family.

I could remember the house on Lexington Street, where the mortgage hung over our heads almost as tangibly as the roof, and we still managed to enjoy life.

Life is too short to waste time changing the sheets every week. Especially when you have small children who tend to wait until you change the sheets to then wet the sheets.

Life is too short to rush around and be too busy for your kids.

Keep thou an open door between thy child's life and thine own.

Once again, her parents' problems had run through her life like a piece of heavy equipment, smashing everything in their way.

What I've learnt is when you walk into a family argument and people tell you it's about principle don't get involved. There is more to life than principles.

Periodically the abductee mothers and fathers are brought to see the hybrid offspring and encouraged to hold and love them, which is one of the most disturbing aspects of the whole process.

often difficult for people to admit to themselves, is that there are great sources of anxiety and anger in their personal lives, like a bad marriage, trouble with children, having to care for an elderly parent.

Only the strong knew what suffering was. The weak never found themselves in the strong webs; the strong man was the one who found himself day and night bound and struggling, so that the work he did, the plotting and the owning and the buying, the decisions he made—and in a large family there had been many to make—were often hard-fibered.

I want you to comprehend the strength of the world she … she would have to leave if, if she married you

Source of national strength. By providing leadership, guidance, restraint, security, and values, the family unit promotes the greatness of the nation. Should the family fail in these responsibilities, the nation will suffer as a result.

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

I tried to show him things, but he didn't seem to study what I showed him. Usually, he just put whatever I handed him in his mouth. He would try to eat anything. I fed him Tabasco sauce and he yelled. Having a little brother helped me learn to relate to other people. Being a little brother, Snort learned to watch what he put in his mouth.

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or a leg, or drowned him in the tub.

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.

No wonder his father got drunk. He would get drunk too if he had to keep buying things without money.

I figli erano i chiodi che lo tenevano crocefisso a mia madre.

He stood up. It was time to call his dad and give him a report. "He's always great in situations like this. He never lectures, never gets down. He's always encouraging. He always says, 'Okay, get back to work, and you'll get 'em tomorrow.' He's right, of course. The problem is, at some point you run out of tomorrows.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.

After all, he did say you were the issue of an encounter between your father and a traeling hatcha-hatcha dancer." There was a gasp of horror from the crowd. Duncan, smiling thinly, said through gritted teeth: "Thank you so much for reminding us all, Anthony.

I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!