Quotes About Family

Whatever a man might do, whatever misery or heartache your children might give you - and they give you a lot - however much your parents irritate you - it doesn't matter because you love them.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.

Tranvestism is far more common among men, I noted, because it originates in the primary relation of mother and son.

My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the 60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.

When a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.

Never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's.

Women who bring up children by themselves do it heroically, they do it against all odds, men who don't feel responsible for being part of their child's life create real strains on that family.

A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.

The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home.

The wisest man may be a blind father.

My step-dad is probably the greatest man I've ever known. The best advice I've ever been given was when he told me to enjoy my life because one day I'm not going to be as agile as I am now.

I'm happy. I have a man who makes me happy. And a family, which is what I most wanted in life.

It's hard for a black man to raise a family.

Isn't it interesting how men 'leave' their families, but women 'abandon' their children?

My stepfather stepped in where no man would've stepped in - six kids, five of them boys - and that's heroic.

Obviously I'd love to have kids and all that. Luckily, as a man, there's not such an egg timer on it, but I'd like to be able to pick them up without Nurofen first.

My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.

Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren't through being children.

If we hold the married man accountable for finances gone legally awry, then the married woman should be held accountable for children who go awry.

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

The best proof of man's dissatisfaction with the home is found in his universal absence from it.

A man blessed with a good mamma and a good wife has no right to complain about anything else.

For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

My father wasn't much for show business. He was an insurance man - very well-liked, very warm. He had a lot of friends.