Quotes About Family

A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.

Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.

There's no demonstrable link between hoarding and early material deprivation. But there is a link between hoarding and EMOTIONAL deprivation. Many hoarders report being physically or sexually abused as children. My mother was deprived of love, affection, often even the acknowledgment of her existence, to say nothing of the beatings she endured. Her cold and chaotic childhood home was the perfect breeding ground for the mental illness that would end up affecting us all.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.

My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.

For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.

But I wanted to figure out how to be a mom without having to figure out how to be a professional on top of it.

Loving my son has helped me to love myself more.

My grandmother had pale hands that looked like sturdy veins. She wrote poetry, too, and sang. Though she knew few lovers, I hope here breasts were admired as mine are two silver deities two shining steeples giving testament to the sky. — And So to Receive You

The world can be a hard place sometimes... You have to have heart. You have to be strong. Parents want their children to grow up to be strong. Not just any strong, mind you, but loving strong.

Home. It's where we come from. Who we are.

Home is our starting point for connecting to the past.

My pop didn't go to war, but he's been disappearing just the same.

I hope the teacher doesn't say, 'Write an essay about your summer vacation.' If she does, I'll leave the paper blank. Else I'll have to lie. Say eviction is the best vacation. Hearing Ma weeping and Pa wheezing, cracking his knuckles while Leda sucks her pacifier, double-time, and Ray holds my hand. I never lie. I won't. It's better to keep quiet.

The simple fact that there's a title for him-husband-means he has a role in the family, whatever his ethnicity.

It's not an unkind thing to make a new home. And it will be one where all whom you love are welcomed.

We have life, but this does not mean we are better people. In fact, we must struggle even more than mortals do to remain good. How easy it is for goodness to have no meaning when punishment, retribution- or hell- have no meaning. It makes as much sense for Eleanor to choose thrill-seeking or Samuel to choose murder as it does for you and me to choose love and family.