884 private quotes tagged family

“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.”— Lao Tzu

“God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.”— Desmond Tutu

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”— Buddha

“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”— Oscar Wilde

“If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps.”— Edwin Land

“I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.”— Sachin Tendulkar

“The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.”— George Carlin

“All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.”— Henry David Thoreau

“Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.”— George Bernard Shaw

“As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.”— Josh Billings

“I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.”— Richard Branson

“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.”— Robert Frost

“As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.”— Frances Conroy

“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.”— Jackie Kennedy

“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?”— Lee Iacocca

“Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.”— Amy Grant

“A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.”— Joseph Smith, Jr.

“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.”— LeBron James

“I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.”— James Hetfield

“You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.”— LeBron James

“The most important thing in the world is family and love.”— John Wooden

“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.”— George Eliot

“The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.”— Bertrand Russell

“If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. It's crazy.”— Jack Welch

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”— George Bernard Shaw