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Quotes About Families

We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question.
~ Jim Wallis
I just thought it would be awesome to become a lawyer, especially being from a neighborhood seeing the police rough up so many people unnecessarily, people who haven't done nothing. Growing up with kids from dysfunctional families and stuff, I just felt that some kind of difference could be done. And now I'm getting to do it with music instead.
~ Lukas Forchhammer
It is so much fun to make content for kids and people of all ages. Families can sit down and watch my stuff.
~ Liza Koshy
Uplifting traditions . . . that promote love for Deity and unity in families and among people are especially important.
~ Donald L. Hallstrom
Their families cordially detested one another.
~ Terry Pratchett
Luc explained that the woodworking tradition was firmly established in Germany from the Middle Ages, and that guilds and families regularly replanted trees in order to provide the right kind of wood for their descendants.
~ Thad Carhart
For these local families of distinction were convinced that not only one's family but one's wealth was the be-all and end-all of every happy union meant to include social security. And in consequence, while considering Clyde as one who was unquestionably eligible socially, still, because it had been whispered about that his means were very slender, they were not inclined to look upon him as one who might aspire to marriage with any of their daughters.
~ Theodore Dreiser
So many individuals, children, couples, and families have been destroyed by sexual misconduct. To practice the Third Precept is to heal ourselves and heal our society. This is mindful living.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I'll be a governor that fights for Kentucky families.
~ Andy Beshear
As governor, I'll treat all Kentucky families with dignity and respect.
~ Andy Beshear
I'll be a governor who looks out for Kentucky families.
~ Andy Beshear
Matt Bevin has made it clear: he cares more about out-of-state CEOs than Kentucky's working families.
~ Andy Beshear
What you realize when you work in the philanthropic world is that people aren't just numbers: they are families with real needs and you need to make your judgments with kindness and thoughtfulness in order to serve those needs.
~ Jacky Rosen
I love giving local kids and families the chance to experience Kings basketball for the first time.
~ DeMarcus Cousins
It is easy but inaccurate to label any legislation which makes it easier for working families to combine family and work responsibilities 'job killers.'
~ Madeleine M. Kunin
The early Greek tribal society resembles in many respects that of peoples like the Polynesians, the Maoris for instance. Small bands of warriors, usually living in fortified settlements, ruled by tribal chiefs or kings, or by aristocratic families, were waging war against one another on sea as well as on land.
~ Karl Popper
What wars really destroyed were families.
~ Gail Tsukiyama
Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.
~ Gary Bauer
Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.
~ Gary Bauer
The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals.
~ Gary Bauer
Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
~ Gary Bauer
Armel shrugged. "I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?" Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder. "Because there's always good and bad in the land, and goodbeasts have to protect their friends an' families from evil ones who want nothing but to conquer an' destroy.
~ Brian Jacques
It is not unusual for children to be deceptive or withholding or to purposefully lie in order to avoid things they don't want to share, especially when they have been instructed to do so by their families. However, it is far more difficult for them to hide their true thoughts and feelings in their artwork.
~ Bruce D. Perry
colonization intentionally fragments families, community cohesion, and cultures, and that disconnection is at the heart of trauma.
~ Bruce D. Perry