Quotes About Family

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

Still, smiles followed tears; they kept working and Jessy kept trying, and together they moved forward.

Clara Claiborne Park

To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.

The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble.

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

A man's home may be his castle on the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery.

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery.

A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery.

Edward Campbell Lowe was a radical in his blood and in his bones... his maternal grandfather had famously made a bonfire with a valuable portrait of the Marquess of Bute because, he had declared, it was more than a man could stomach to encounter a Tory every morning before breakfast.

I've never before understood that I too can be needed and wanted. I've been the youngest child for so long that I never seen myself any other way.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the last half by our children.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

If your parents didn't have any children, there is a good chance that you won't have any.

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

What does it feel like to have a girl?" said the man, chewing. Her father wiped his mouth with his napkin, tilted his head to one side and said smiling: "Sometimes it feels like I have a warm egg in my hand. Sometimes, nothing: total memory loss…Occasionally it feels like I have a girl of my own, really mine.

Parents care more than any institution about their children.

Here I am surrounded by the things I love. I spend my time in the open, on the beach in stormy weather or when the fishing boats put out [...] In the evenings, my dear friend, there is a warm fire in my cottage, and the cosiness of a small family [...] I am now enjoying a spell of quiet, free of chores. Ideally I should like to stay in a peaceful nook like this for ever.

I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.