Top 999 Family Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

My family is my little village. I really do feel like my fairy tale came true.

The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.

Jazz has always been my first love. It has this timeless effect on me. It's pretty odd that I didn't become a jazz musician. I went another way because I needed to earn a good living to support my large family.

I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family.

You need a really solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.

I believe in the value of life. I believe we must prepare our children for tomorrow with the family values of my grandparents.

In the past, my family made a lot of sacrifices. We never got to spend much time together because I was always training. I think now I need to spend as much time as I can with them. This is the life I should have.

Without my family, I'm nothing. They kept me in the right place. I believe that I'm the luckiest person in the country when I'm with them.

I was raised on pork... steak, chicken, everything... And everyone in my family pretty much of the older generation has diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer.

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

My family calls me Mitchell. But I have friends and teammates who call me Mitch, as well. I don't have a preference.

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.

I grew up very poor in a fractured family that was dysfunctional on both sides, but I sort of put up these reflectors to most of the negative things that have occurred in my life. I don't carry around much baggage.

No 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?

Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women.

I love all my fam. I have quite possibly the best dad, mom, and sister in the world.

Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.

You played 'Snake' on it. That's what we had a cell phone for, when my mother would let us use it. When you had it, you set it down at the table, you set it down in the other room, we ate, and you enjoyed your time with your family.

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

At a certain point I'm going to want to have a family.

I think people love shows that are relationship-oriented. I think they love family shows.

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.

Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.

Through devotion, your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to the prince more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable.

Being born a girl in India, it matters a lot what family you are born into.

I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.

If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.

The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.

I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.

My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.

First, love to the family. Second, love to career. Third, love to the audience.

I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.

I've had my heart broken in a lot of different ways a lot of different times by different people - whether it be a family member, a girlfriend, a friend, just all types of relying on people, making yourself vulnerable to people.

Holidays - any holiday - are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together.

I was always very dramatic - my family would probably use the word 'dramatic' - as a child; always putting on performances, making everyone come watch, and pay to watch. I was very business-savvy as a child.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.

At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless of immediate and obvious consequences.

My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at a Boys & Girls Club. We were practicing in a basketball court in gym clothes with some old socks on. Even though it terrified me at first, I found that I really liked it.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

A job should bring enough for a worker and family to live on, but after that, self-realization, the exercise of one's gifts and talents, is what truly matters.

I have mental illness in my family. I have a lot of compassion for those people.

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.

My parents separated when I was two, and then my father passed away, so I never really knew that side of the family.

There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

I just want to be successful. I'm not going to sit here and be like, 'I want to win a Grammy' or whatever; if that comes, that's awesome. But I just want to be successful and provide for my whole family and get my family out the hood.

Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.

I want every Filipino woman empowered with information regarding all options available to her regarding family planning.

My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.

Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

That's what you want to keep sharing with the players in today's world: knowing that you represent yourself and your family each time you step on the court and to be the best at it because you never know where it leads to after it's all said and done.

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.

I can buy anything I want now. It hasn't changed me personally. It just changed what I can do for myself and my family.

Just like other ordinary people, I want to have a happy family.

I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

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

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

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

In my family, growing up, the women were always the ones who were powerful, and they exuded this charisma of empowerment that I hold onto and always remember. I had some difficult times, but these strong women were always a constant.