Family Quotes - Page 7

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.

Families don't have to match. You don't have to look like someone else to love them.

May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.

I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

Marriage orients men and women toward the future, asking them not just to commit to each other but to plan, to earn, to save, and to devote themselves to advancing their children's prospects.

If you love something, set it free.

When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

Adoption has the dimension of connection - not only to your own tribe, but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and family. It is a larger embrace. By adopting, we stretch past our immediate circles and, by reaching out, find an unexpected sense of belonging with others.

[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding. "The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said Mr. Weasley. Everyone looked up at him. "Why?" said Percy curiously. "It's because of you, Perce," said George seriously. "And there'll be little flags on the hoods, with HB on them-" "-for Humongous Bighead," said Fred.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.

With all my fans I got a family again.