Quotes About Family

My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education.

My mother had been a grade-school teacher, and my father had an eighth-grade education.

I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

As I've gotten older, my mannerisms are more and more like my mom's. Also, she was an educator - she's extremely passionate about education and children. I guess I inherited that in some way.

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education.

I was in fashion school, my brother has a law background, and my sister-in-law had worked in production, but none of us had a proper fashion business education.

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.

The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.

Even my going back to school was to inspire young people that it's never too late to education. That's all I can do, and try to be the best father and husband that I can be.

I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.

I'd been exposed to alternate ways of thinking and it seriously affected the way my mother had reared me.

If you educate a man you educate a person but if you educate a woman you educate a family.

Bumper sticker: Driver carries no cash - he has a son in college.

We didn't feel so good when we took our son to college and saw a sign on the liquor store - Back to School Sale.

Graduation Speech: You'll have to excuse me if I cry. I've been a little teary-eyed all week the sadness the joy . . . the fact that I'm off my parents' payroll.

I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape.

I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?

We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail.

While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.

What makes Will the best father in the world to me is that he's there, not just there in a way that's traditional. The emotional support he offers his children is immeasurable.

When Jesus says you must leave your family to follow Him, he doesn't necessarily mean physically. He means leave your dependence on them, make an emotional break with them.