Family Quotes

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives" "You don’t have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you" "I'm the father of four children, and I hope that every day they know they come first." "I owe more to my family than I'll ever be able to give them" "The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career." "Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth." "A mother who is really a mother is never free" "My mother had a really bad childhood, and my father had a bad childhood, and I had a bad childhood; but I love my childhood. Even though it was bad, I love it. I feel like it's taught me so much" "The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and become fully independent" "A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path." "If we are inclined to forget how much we need other people, friends and family, holidays and parties all remind us." "The family is one of nature's masterpieces." "I've only seen my mother cry once, and that was at the end of a book." "You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." "My daughter is my biggest achievement." "I thank God that I'm a product of my parents" "A house needs a grandma in it" "Mothers are freedom fighters for their kids. They wake up, swaddle, change, entertain, love, feed, and do it all over again" "In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present." "By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact but I am prouder infinitely prouder to be a father"