You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.

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.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Family is the most important thing in the world.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.

Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.

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

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

My family is my strength and my weakness.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.

Children are the keys of paradise.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.

I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that.

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us.

You don't have to give birth to someone to have a family.

I'm pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart and I believe in family. I also have a basic belief that God takes care of me. I believe in prayer, even though I'm not that religious. I just have that foundation from my family. I mean when you think that you're just a human being and one of God's creatures, you can't take anything that seriously.

A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability.

My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys.

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.

I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is.

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

My kids give me the balance to live right.

My family was my guide to my reality.

I have a great family, I live an amazing life.

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.

All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it.