Quotes About Family

[T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even government; all . . . are essential to the well-being of a family.

I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material.

I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.

Only religion could justify killing an adult with a family because he carried out abortions of unwanted or unhealthy fetuses that don't even have the intelligence of a typical fish.

See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open to heaven.

If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.

I would like to have Brooklyn christened but I'm not sure which religion yet.

We're definitely going to get Brooklyn christened, but we don't know into which religion.

If the Koran is the soul of Islam, then perhaps the institution of the Muslim family might be described as its body.

I took to religion at about age 12; it was very hard for me to be Sabbath observant as a kid in a home which was not Sabbath observant. I think my parents thought the whole Jewish thing was a phase.

We are not defined by belief or by faith nor religion.We are the family of God.

Many families think of church as if it was a convention - they send one delegate.

Conscience: That which makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

Transformation, on the other hand, is creating beauty from horror or destruction (or, for beginners, an actually pleasant evening with the usual family problems).

Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails are leading you home.

The religion or pulpit of a nation is the most powerful source of value formation in any country. Followed by the family, the educational system and the media.

Saying of the ProphetTHE PEOPLEIt is the people who are God's family.(Muhammad the Prophet)

Keeping Christ in Christmas" is like showing up at someone's house every year, insisting on a party they never planned and never agreed to.

There's a bunch od huge churchs clustered together, trying to blend in with all the family-themed restaurants, because salvation is as easy as chicken wings, I guess.

I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can do whatever the hell they please.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect.

Respect, brotherhood - the family comes first, and everything else falls in place after that.