Top 999 Family Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

Your family are people you lean on and learn from. When I told my family I wanted to do music, they were really supportive.

Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, take up this historic baton and continue working hard for the great renewal of the Chinese nation, so that we will stand rock firm in the family of nations and make fresh and greater contribution to mankind.

My favorite room in the house is the living room. We have two big couches, six recliners and over 20 pillows. It's a really comfortable place to hang out with my family.

My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure... I started bartending and waitressing.

My father's family can be traced back to 1400. I've been told by gypsies that there is unmistakeably gypsy blood in me. Lee is a gypsy name, you know.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

I make sure that I spend quality time with my family.

I was born in South Africa during apartheid, a system of laws that made it illegal for people to mix in South Africa. And this was obviously awkward because I grew up in a mixed family. My mother's a black woman, South African Xhosa woman... and my father's Swiss, from Switzerland.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.

My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year, and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.

Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance isn't as hard as you might think.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.

I am fighting royalty. I have gypsy kings on both sides of the family.

As I get older, I tend to put more into family than I used to.

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.

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

One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about.

I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.

I have a significant other and a large, immediate family. No children, thank goodness. And I have a 13-year-old kitty.

For me, family has always come first.

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

You have to defend your honor. And your family.

The guardianship of the weaker sex has survived in the family law which still states, 'And he shall be your master.'

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God.

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time.

Everything I do I do it for my family.

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.

When one person's livelihood changes, it can impact an entire family, then a whole community.

In my view, it was no accident that Nelson Mandela was chosen by God to lead the people of South Africa. There are very few people who could be imprisoned, kept away from their family and loved ones, and exit that same prison with such a powerful spirit of love and a desire for reconciliation.

My family is certainly very vocal. They're very Italian. A lot of our holidays end with people screaming at each other across the room. And everyone's very opinionated and intelligent. A lot of my aunts and uncles are wildly educated, and their opinions reflect that. We're all very liberal.

I have lots of friends, but I'm probably a terrible friend to all of them, even my family. I wouldn't be surprised if I found myself with no friends later on in life. My friends become my enemies.

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

I no fight for the money because I work hard for UFC for long time. I have money for my family. But I fight because I love it.

The memories we make with our family is everything.

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

My parents separated before I was born, but they remained friends, so I was close to both sides of my family, with siblings and cousins and godparents. I've had the same best friend since grade six.

I can't betray anyone. I don't know what it's like to really betray someone. I'm very loyal to my circle, my family, and those I hold close to me.

Boys used to call me Soda in school days. Soda means 'serving officers daughters association.' I miss those days when I had a very protected life: one could get close and bond with other army people that they gradually would become your extended family.

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

I'm single. I don't have a family. I certainly don't have to work. I don't want to be the richest man in the cemetery.

I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.

Kids can learn a lot about necessities and wants by recognizing what people live without. A common routine, but one that should not be overlooked, is having a family donation to a charity for those less fortunate. Ask your kids to search for items, toys, or clothes that they no longer use and contribute those items a collection box.

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.

I am from a middle-class family, and everything I have achieved in life I have only appreciated. I have never gone overboard because I have seen the other side of life. When you have seen the other side of life, you appreciate what you have.

With all my fans I got a family again.

The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types.

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports.