Quotes about Family
Creating the unity necessary to run an effective business or a family or a marriage requires great personal strength and courage. No amount of technical administrative skill in laboring for the masses can make up for lack of nobility of personal character in developing relationships. It is at a very essential, one-on-one level that we live the primary laws of love and life.
— Stephen Covey
So if you're living your life around a temporary role and allowing your treasure chest to remain barren in terms of your only real permanent role, then you're letting yourself be seduced by the culture and robbed of the true richness of your life—the deep and lasting satisfaction that only comes through family relationships.
— Stephen Covey
Through deep thought and the exercise of faith and prayer, we began to see our son in terms of his own uniqueness.
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Stephen Covey
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
— Stephen Covey
As one successful parent said about raising children, 'Treat them all the same by treating them differently.
— Stephen Covey
Happy Mom means a happy family!
— Stephen Covey
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).
— Stephen Covey
if "success" were important in any area of life, it was supremely important in our role as parents.
— Stephen Covey
As one successful parent said about raising children, "Treat them all the same by treating them differently.
— Stephen Covey
Grandparents who show a great interest in their grandchildren are among the most precious people on this earth. What
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Stephen Covey