Quotes about Family

Our children are too precious and their time with us too short for us to neglect the unspeakable privilege we have in loving them, nurturing them, shaping them, and preparing them to step out into the wide world.

I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.

The kind of life I led really affected my family.

We were a Seuss family. As a child, I read almost all of his books, but the one I loved best was 'The Lorax.'

If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else.

Friends are the family we can choose.

We don't all have to be in the limelight to be reaching our potential,' Jack said, keeping his voice even. 'There's something to be said for raising a family and being part of my community.

Being a dad is the greatest, except for assembling things.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

Mama's love had always been the kind that acted itself out with soup pot and sewing basket. But now that these things were taken away, the love seemed as whole as before. She sat in her chair at the window and loved us. She loved the people she saw in the street-- and beyond: her love took in the city, the land of Holland, the world. And so I learned that love is larger than the walls which shut it in.

You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.