The Family

"Acting is just a way of making a living; the family is life."
- Denzel Washington

“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
-Confucius

The Family - “That dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.”
-Dodie Smith

“Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.” - Albert Einstein

Family: “A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.”
-Evan Esar

“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.”
- Chinese Proverb

“Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.”
-Reinhold Niebuhr

“You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.”
-Desmond Tutu

“The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled. So, unless we work to strengthen the family, to create conditions under which most parents will stay together, all the rest — schools, playgrounds, and public assitance, and private concern — will never be enough.”-Lyndon Baines Johnson

“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” - George Moore

“The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you.”
-Kendall Hailey

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” -John Bowring

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” -Charles R. Swindoll

“I can get up in the morning and look myself in the mirror and my family can look at me too and that's all that matters.” - Lance Armstrong