Family Values Quotes

“Never show anger at slight, tell nothing. Earn respect from everyone by deeds, not Words. Respect the members of your Blood Family. Gambling was Recreation, not a way to earn a Living. Love your Father, your Mother,
your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife. And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children. And once that happened to You, your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread”
― Mario Puzo, The Last Don

“As I entered this world, I would leave behind the nurturing of my family and my home, but in another sense I would take their protection with me. The lessons I had learned, the feelings of groundedness and belonging that have been woven into my character there, would be my companions on the journey.”
― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

“This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in the not-too-remote future, the stout heart of Queen Elizabeth II will cease to beat. At that precise moment, her firstborn son will become head of state, head of the armed forces, and head of the Church of England. In strict constitutional terms, this ought not to matter much. The English monarchy, as has been said, reigns but does not rule. From the aesthetic point of view it will matter a bit, because the prospect of a morose bat-eared and chinless man, prematurely aged, and with the most abysmal taste in royal consorts, is a distinctly lowering one.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“Personally, I think the 'Christian family' should be called a Christian fantasy.”
― Ruth Hurmence Green

“Bellusdeo laughed. It was, for a moment, the only sound in the quiet of the fief’s night, and it was warmer and deeper than the lingering night chill. When her laughter faded, she glanced at Kaylin. “I was not like this before. I thought that the Shadows had not touched me.” She lowered her head a moment.
Kaylin understood this, as well. “It seems so unfair,” she finally said.
“Life is unfair. Which part of it pains you?”
“We suffer, and it breaks something. When we win free—by gaining our name, by crossing a bloody bridge—we still live in a cage of scars. If life were fair, we would never have suffered what we suffered at all; having suffered it and survived, we’re still reacting to things that don’t exist anymore.”
“But they did.”
“Yes. I hate that they still define me.” Voice lower, she said to Bellusdeo, “I want that to change. I don’t know how to change it. But I’m willing to spend the rest of my life trying.” Shaking her head, she forced herself to smile; it was surprisingly easy. There was something about Bellusdeo that she liked. “Home is a strange thing.”
“What do you mean?”
“We lose it, and we think it’s gone forever. That’s how I felt the first time I lost mine. It took me years to understand that I could find—and make—another. I couldn’t do it on my own, though; I don’t think—for me—home exists in isolation.”
― Michelle Sagara West, Cast in Ruin

“Some politicians in the United States think that if a mother or father is deported, this will cause the entire family to move back to Mexico. But in fact, the mothers and fathers with the best family values will want their family to stay in the U.S., they will cross the border again and again to be with them. So you see, these same people, the ones with the most dedication to their family, they begin to build up a record of deportation, they have more and more problems with the government, and it becomes harder and harder for them to ever become legal. In this way, the U.S. is making criminals out of those who could become its very best citizens.”
― Francisco Cantú, The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border

“I love my wife and sons.

But I have thought about abandoning them.

Because single mothers are heroes.
And what kind of man would I be to get in the way of a woman becoming a hero?

The best way for me to fight the Patriarchy is to stop being a patriarch.”
― Lou Perez, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy

“Hotels are for leaving,
Home is for returning.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“...there is no easy way to articulate what it means for your loved ones to worry that your person's ability to love you is limited by their inability to comprehend many of your lived experiences.”
― Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe

“He had one more glimpse of them as he pulled the Jeep out: three figures captured in the headlights, a child clinging to a woman, a man with his arms around the woman’s shoulders, the snow coming down on them, man, woman, and child, like figures in a Christmas globe.”
― Andrew Klavan, When Christmas Comes

“Treasure comes in many forms.”
― S.A. Rodriguez, Treasure Tracks

“Hold on!” Queenie said in a loud voice. “I want to see who is here!”

Queenie, the bird mum, counted her children.

“Gray’s missing, Mum,” Pinky said, puffing out her pink feathers.

“Yes, Pinky!”

“Ah, never mind!” Queenie thought. “He will get here, slowly, but surely!”
― Suzy Davies, The Flamingos Who Painted The Sky

“Motherhood is a high calling. Civilization depends upon motherhood. I do not believe you should lose yourself so thoroughly in your motherhood that that is all you are. That is not healthy for you or your family. But I do think women need to know that motherhood is a high-value commodity in the market of civilization.”
― Cindy Rollins, Mere Motherhood: Morning Times, Nursery Rhymes, and My Journey toward Sanctification

“We can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do without other people, and we will never do without family.”
― LEE HYEONSEO

“Това бяха семейства без корени, родени някъде и отраснали никъде. Нямаха връзка с Рейтвердегем, нито пък желаеха да имат; причината да се преместят тук бяха само и единствено наличните още терени – парцелите в града бяха поскъпнали или бяха станали рядкост. Нито веднъж тези хора не се представиха на новите си съседи, не посещаваха нито празненствата, нито кръчмите им, не се включваха в инициативите им. Страняха от панаирите им, за по-сигурно си влагаха парите в банката, а не като местните – в касичка, нарочена за кръчмите, която щом се напълнеше достатъчно, се пропиваше за една мимолетна нощ. Новите ни гледаха недоверчиво, докато се прибирахме традиционно нафиркани, или се спотайваха уплашени, докато млатехме нервните си жени или мятахме част от обзавеждането през прозореца. Ала ако някой беше снимал предаване за нас, онези щяха да седнат пред телевизора.”
― Dimitri Verhulst

“The magic of this life isn't found in the hustle and bustle of constant activity but in the intentional, ordinary decisions of our days.”
― Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection

“We sacrifice their childhood on the altar of preparing them for adulthood.
But what if childhood was the preparation?
What if having a whole childhood was the key to a healthy adulthood?”
― Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection

“- Får jag påminna dig om att du inte ens kände honom för några dagar sedan?
- Det är mitt blod som rinner i hans ådror, så om jag säger att han är genom hederlig ber jag dig att inte tvivla på det”
― Marc Levy

“As I get older, I find the family jewels have devalued to junk status.”
― Kerry G. Carruth

“In Hawaii, you are corporate ‘ohana’ until it becomes ‘inconvenient’.”
― Steven Magee

“The strength of a family lies not just in blood ties, but in the shared nexus of compassion and support.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero

“Those who have children can become masters of patience, endurance & steadfastness because children will test you at every turn. The way to make our children patient & loving is to be that way ourselves.”
― Eknath Easwaran

“You are replaceable at work, but irreplaceable to your family.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“Through the storm of modern dilemmas, Donald Trump stands as the beacon of tradition, safeguarding our future and the sanctity of family, ensuring that the breath of freedom will be inherited by our grandchildren. His voluntary crusade against the tides of disruptive ideologies is not just leadership - it's a legacy in the making.”
― Guru Z.S. Gill

“در گیراگیر آن موقعیت پرآشوب خانه ی مرتب و تمیز و زندگی در آن خانه کانونی است که به او نیروی خلاق می بخشد. در این وقت او مانند سربازی است که برای گذراندن مرخصی از جبهه ی جنگ به خانه باز می گردد.”
― Jean Laffitte, ب‍رم‍ی‌گ‍ردی‍م‌ گ‍ل‌ ن‍س‍ری‍ن‌ ب‍چ‍ی‍ن‍ی‍م‌

“As Walter Scott showed, one could preserve the most intense passion for Caledonia stern and wild, one's own, one's native land, while rejoicing in the triumphs of the British armed forces over Napoleon and expressing devout loyalty to the Hanovarian dynasty, which, despite the madness of George III and the profligacy of his son and heir, had come to represent for Britons not only the virtues of sturdy monarchy under the sublime Constitution, but, most improbably, family values.”
― Angus Calder, Irish Pages, Vol. 12, No. 2: Scotland

“Lasting wealth, real success, and genuine happiness only come when we balance business with our duty to self and family.”
― Joseph C. Kunz Jr., Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank

“Don’t build a business so big it crowds out the people you built it for.”
― Joseph C. Kunz Jr., Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank

“Your family isn’t a distraction from your goals. They’re the reason for them.”
― Joseph C. Kunz Jr., Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank

“What was family, Sarah thought, if not a place to belong? Family was everything. It was a warm blanket… an embrace… a safe place to hide when the world threatened. A refuge where the door was always open, and a friendly face welcomed.”
― R.V. Biggs, Reunion