Family Quotes - Page 17

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us free - our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our intelligence, our love of family and friends and country. All of these priceless possessions are free.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.

Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.

We are special because we've been united not by a common race or ethnicity. We're bound together by common values. That family is the most important institution in society. That almighty God is the source of all we have.

This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.

Action expresses priorities.

Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.

Simply having children does not make mothers.

The economic crisis really affected my family - 2006 to 2011 were really bad times. Almost everybody in my family lost their jobs.

A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.

Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don't even think about the opinions of others.

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.