Quotes About Family

In fact, the first hug I ever remember getting from my mother was the day I left for prison.

It is only as they learn how to love unconditionally that they will let their children know how much they are truly loved.

What followed was about fifteen minutes of solid, God-exalting prayer for my family and me. I listened raptly, amazed at how eloquent each person was. They were impassioned, pleading, crying out to God to get me out of the miry clay, as Psalm 40:2 put it. I went home that night greatly encouraged. The battle remained tough, but we kept praying together. I realized the prayers all came from hearts of love. That kind of love can keep a person going, even when it seems no hope is left.

Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, "Like mother, like daughter." —Ezekiel 16:44

Your children will sense how you feel about them by how you behave toward them.

If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. —Hebrews 12:8

Inside every child is an 'emotional tank' waiting to be filled with love. When

Sometimes it takes years to develop, but there's nothing like the love of family. — Connie Pombo —

The greatest enemy of encouraging our children is anger. The more anger the parent harbors, the more anger the parent will dump on the children. The result will be children who are both anti-authority and anti-parent. This naturally means that a thoughtful parent will do all in his or her power to assuage anger—to keep it to a minimum and to handle it maturely.

your ultimate goal is for your children to grow up secure in your love, strong in their faith, and with sound character.

Exuberance and vitality require energy; this means as parents we need to be in the best possible health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

A family's example of sacrificial love points us to the much greater unconditional love of God. — Linda Jett —

One of the most important things you can do for your children is to love and serve your spouse. Nothing creates a more secure environment for children than seeing Mom and Dad loving each other. And nothing else cements your marriage relationship quite so well.

Father, thank you for putting such a high priority on families. Help me to keep that priority in my own life and to realize how my actions toward my spouse will affect my children for years to come.

See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! —1 John 3:1

Exige que os pais aprendam a conversar com o adolescente e não falar para o adolescente.

Being a parent—step or otherwise—requires abundant love without any guarantee of payback. Thank heavens we have a Father who has loved us in the same way!

These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children. —Titus 2:4

We serve a God who can make even in-law relationships wonderful! — Cindy Sipula

Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith. —Galatians 6:10

For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost but now he is found! —Luke 15:32

The best way to love your children is to love their mother [father]." That's true. The quality of your marriage greatly affects the way you relate to your children—and the way they receive love. If your marriage is healthy—both partners treating each other with kindness, respect, and integrity—you and your spouse will feel and act as partners in parenting.

Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls-- family, health, friends, integrity-- are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.

Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls—family, health, friends, integrity—are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.