Family Quotes
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~Michael J. FoxTo nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.
-- Marilyn FrenchFamilies are about love overcoming emotional torture.
-- Matt GroeningThe best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day."
-- M. Grundler
If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects, our uncertainty, our craving, how can we have the time to stop and look deeply into the situation-our own situation, the situation of our beloved one, the situation of our family and of our community, and the situation of our nation and of the other nations?
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
-- Jane Howard (1935-1996) US journalist, writerNo matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
-- Lee Iacocca
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. ~Thomas Jefferson
The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.
~Thomas Jefferson, 1813The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled. So, unless we work to strengthen the family, to create conditions under which most parents will stay together, all the rest — schools, playgrounds, and public assitance, and private concern — will never be enough.
-- Lyndon Johnson
International Day of Families - May 15
Family Day - September 26
