Quotes About Family

When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.

His son had joined the sleepers.

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.

He had a nice little house of his own, a wife whom he loved dearly, and two children, named Janie and Bill.

The bonds that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

Then you can blame it on your parents,' I said, smiling. 'Won't that be a relief?

If Jacob is now to find himself apart from his family, if he is to find who he can be in this newly uncertain world in which he is alone, he must also now find God as his own God. Not that he thinks of this for himself. It is not Jacob who turns to God but God who turns to Jacob.

You are likely to see no general reformation till you procure family reformation. Some little obscure religion there may be in here and there one; but while it sticks in single persons, and is not promoted by these societies, it doth not prosper, nor promise much for future increase.

Direct. IV. Be a good husband to your wife, and a good father to your children, and a good master to your servants, and let love have dominion in all your government, that your inferiors may easily find, that it is their interest to obey you. For interest and self-love are the natural rulers of the world.

In fact, Reagan couldn't remember his grandchildren's names, and he had no friends, only the husbands of Nancy's friends.

In retaliation, Zhou ordered the Red Squad to assassinate Gu's entire family, some fifteen people, and this order was scrupulously carried out.

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.

I was in a round the world hot-air balloon race. Before I left, I wrote a long letter to my children, in case I didn't return. I started the letter by saying, 'Dear Holly and

Everything's gone,' I heard someone say. I thought of the lifetime of diaries and photographs disappearing up in smoke and I turned to Mia and Joe. 'Remember, it's not material things that matter in life,' I told them. 'Things aren't important, people are. All that matters is that everyone is safe.

Somebody said to me after Strive that there are three stages to life: youth, middle age, and 'you're looking well'! Sadly, it's probably true. I found myself getting more 'you're looking well' comments than usual after Strive. But the adventures we do as a family help keep me young, and give me another reason to stay fit and healthy.

Making life or death decisions for family requires the same skills as making crucial business decisions, but, of course, it feels so much more intense. As an entrepreneur you are better equipped than anyone to question things, listen and learn and ultimately make a call. But there is always another company – there is not another wife, son or daughter. It doesn't matter how much money you earn; nothing is worth more than your family's health.

Practice telling your child your expectations and wishes in statements that declare rather than ask.

Taking care of your marriage and your partner is an act of love for your children.

Since we never get everything we want or need from our families, we look for sufficiency in surrogates.

She noticed, as an exceptional woman would, that her stepson was exceptional.

Lincoln told a family friend that his father taught him to work, but never learned him to love it.

It is not sufficient for fathers to send their children to church, Sunday school, Christian camp, or private Christian school. You must read the Bible to your children yourself. Obviously, our children must see some correspondence between the Bible and our lives. But even as we work out our own Christian growth, we must read God's Word to and with our children.

So man is to work and, generally speaking, he is to marry.