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Quotes About Family

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
~ Spanish proverb
When thou art feeble, old, and grey, My healthy arm shall be thy stay, And I will soothe thy pains away, My Mother.
~ Ann Taylor (1782–1866)
You can fool some of the people some of the time... But you can't fool Mom!
~ Our Gang, 1935
There's nothing like a mama-hug.
~ Terri Guillemets, 1996
My mother held the ladder for me to climb to the stars.
~ Monte Durham
A little girl, when asked where her home was, replied, "Where Mother is."
~ Keith L. Brooks
A mother's kiss lovingly forgives the past, present, and future.
~ Terri Guillemets
Mother, the ribbons of your love are woven around my heart.
~ Author Unknown
Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.
~ Moorish proverb
Mamas everywhere — don't worry so much about being a "hot mom." A child needs a role model, not a supermodel. You will always shine by simply being your best, doing your best, and radiating the magical love that only a mama can.
~ Terri Guillemets, 2005
The mountains and the stones and the birds and the animals are my family too —
~ James McGrath (b.1928)
A family is a patchwork of love.
~ Author Unknown
Love is the thread that binds us.
~ Author Unknown
Those who sleep under a quilt, sleep under a blanket of love.
~ Author Unknown
Grandma-quilts have love in every stitch.
~ Author Unknown
Yes, having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
~ Bill Cosby, Fatherhood
Each day of our lives we make deposits into the memory banks of our children.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
~ P.J. O'Rourke
Today the accent is on youth but the stress is on the parents.
~ Larry Lujack, 1960s
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.
~ Chinese proverb
Parents know best how to push our buttons because they installed them.
~ Author Unknown
But the truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.
~ Bill Cosby
In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time.
~ Author Unknown
You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.
~ Polish Proverb