Quotes About Family

Here Philippos the father buried his son Nikoteles, a child of twelve and his dearest hope.

Friends, family and all those people who you are surrounded with, that can change but the only thing would last with you that is your own breathe. So cherish it rather than displeasing.

Pride! In English it is a Deadly Sin. But in Urdu it is fakhr and nazish - both names that you can find more than once on our family tree.

Difficult but worth it-- that's how my mother had once describe life with Omi.

On those days, Hasan understood what Ami had meant when she said that there are memories that cannot be spoken of, because to speak of them imperfectly is to rob the of something vital, though to leave them intact, inside, is to leave no space for anything else in your life.

Who among us has never been moved to tears, or to tears' invisible counterparts, by mention of the word 'home'? Is there any other word that can feel so heavy as you hold it in your mouth?

You think you can compare your disgraceful demands to the terrible decisions I have to make for the good of the company and this family?

Isma stayed on the line, listening to their breath rise and fall together as in all those times when Aneeka would crawl into Isma's bed, awakened from or into some night terror, and only the older sister's heartbeat could teach the younger one's frantic heart how to quiet, until there was no sound except their breath in unison, the universe still around them.

But for Maryam, university was just an interruption before she could take over the family business. The only future that mattered to her was the one that would unfold in Karachi, a city to which Zahra had no intention of returning once she'd left it.

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline.

Having her mother around had meant that there was someone in the world she didn't have to pay to take care of, much less love, her children.

Girls have white wings. The wings with which to protect their loved ones. I'm going to embrace you with those wings.

independent of the parent. He belongs to Nature. He does not belong to the Parent. Every parent is a surrogate. Nature uses the parent to bear the child. But it does not grant her ownership of him.

Being without one's family is the worst poverty

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.

Mother was,' June thought, 'a beautiful little ornament that was damaged.' Her broken edges cut her daughters in ways both emotional and physical, and only sharpened with age.

Well, just remember this. When my ma got me, she picked what she wanted. But when your ma got you, she had to take what she got.

My mother is really the person I learned to curse from. She discourages me from saying that in interviews. But it's true.

We allow ourselves to unclench when we're home with our families, which is one of the truly wonderful advantages of human intimacy.

Every time that you do a play or a show of any kind, really you have this family that you really build something with for a while, and then we all dissipate, but you always have that connection, that eternal kind of intimacy, you'll always have.

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.