Quotes about Family

I know one father who was leaving with his children for a promised trip to the circus when a phone call came for him to come to work instead. He declined. When his wife suggested that perhaps he should have gone to work, he responded, "The work will come again, but childhood won't.

Now if I were sitting at that funeral we visualized earlier, and one of my children was about to speak, I would want his life to represent the victory of teaching, training, and disciplining with love over a period of years rather than the battle scars of quick fix skirmishes. I would want his heart and mind to be filled with the pleasant memories of

As one successful parent said about raising children, 'Treat them all the same by treating them differently.

Happy Mom means a happy family!

Whenever someone in our family, even one of the younger children, takes an irresponsible position and waits for someone else to make things happen or provide a solution, we tell them, "Use your R and I!" (resourcefulness and initiative).

if "success" were important in any area of life, it was supremely important in our role as parents.

As one successful parent said about raising children, "Treat them all the same by treating them differently.

Grandparents who show a great interest in their grandchildren are among the most precious people on this earth. What

How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office—or watching TV? The answer is, No one. They think about their loved ones, their families, and those they have served.

Creating the unity necessary to run an effective business or a family or a marriage requires great personal strength and courage.

I'm convinced that too often parents are also trapped in the management paradigm, thinking of control, efficiency, and rules instead of direction, purpose, and family feeling. And leadership is even more lacking in our personal lives. We're into managing with efficiency, setting and achieving goals before we have even clarified our values.

you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent.