"When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it." – William Makepeace Thackeray
Category Archives: Family Quotes
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
"In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one another's burdens." – Henry Ward Beecher
Children keep a family together, especially when one can’t get a babysitter.
"Children keep a family together, especially when one can't get a babysitter." – Frederick Shepperd
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." – Bernard Shaw
The family that stays together probably has only one car.
"The family that stays together probably has only one car." – Knofel Staton
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live." – John Paul II
The trouble with the family is that children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.
"The trouble with the family is that children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood." – Evan Esar
Woman is the salvation or destruction of the family. She carries its destinies in the folds of her mantle.
"Woman is the salvation or destruction of the family. She carries its destinies in the folds of her mantle." – Henti-Frederic Amiel
Frankly, I’m fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn’t.
"Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn’t." – Bill Clinton
If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.
"If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles." – Letty Cottin Pogrebin