Family Quotes - Page 25

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law . . . . It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic.

We all have families who are longing for peace in the world and an end to the suffering caused by poverty, disease, and hunger. Untold numbers of our friends, our neighbors, our parents, and our children, are hoping that there is more understanding, more generosity, more genuine friendship, and more caring among people of all faiths and cultures.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require.

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.

Anywhere I can be with my family

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

There was mental and physical abuse in my family.

My friends are my estate.

The UK is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the UK which I love.

It destroys you when people say complete mistruths about your family.

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.

I certainly never get above my station - my family would soon slap me back down to earth.

It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it

The whole world is my family.

Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.

I strongly believe in my own rights and wrongs and impose them on myself and my family.

Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other- it doesn't matter who it is- and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

Without Valentine's Day, February would be... well, January.