Quotes about Family

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.

Thank God for the joys of family life. I have often said there can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from a good home. The sweetest influences and associations of life are there

I've been my most happy and my most unhappy in relationships. I have family and friends and people I care very much about. I've got a really, really, really good life.

I write about true-life type things.

My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life.

America is a country of strong families and strong values. My life's been blessed by both.

Alas, if our children lose the crown of life, it will be but a small consolation that they have won the laurels of literature or art.

Mona Simpson, rose to honor him at his memorial service, that's not what she focused on. Yes, she talked about his work and his work ethic. But mostly she raised these as manifestations of his passions. "Steve worked at what he loved," she said. What really moved him was love. "Love was his supreme virtue," she said, "his god of gods. "When [his son] Reed was born, he began gushing and

I am just a normal person, and it is normal to have quality time with my family.

The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously.

God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.