Family Quotes - Page 4

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

Some even believe we (the Rockefeller family) are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

When you are in love with a man or a woman, the love you feel does not come from him or her; it is the love flowing from you own heart that you feel. Your partner is simply giving you an excuse to love. Love is always found flowing in your heart, not in your family, lover, career or art.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. Peace is all of these and more and more.

I just wanted to do something that had some meaning that I can look back and be proud of, that my family can look back and be proud of.

If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.

Yet the love we experience through other people is just a shadow of the love of the inner self. There is a sublime place inside us where love dwells. The love that pulses in the cave of the heart does not depend on anything outside. It does not expect anything. It is completely independent.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection.

The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.