It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.

A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.

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?

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn’t listening.

Treat other animals as friends and they become friends. Treat other animals as family and they become family. Give other animals your love and they will love you in return.

Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

Family is not who’s blood is in you, it is who you love and who loves you.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

When you have family with you, it gives you extra energy.

Family is the most important thing in the world.

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.

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

Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.

The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold

Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids – all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.

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.

And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it, if they are not the most delightful Cares in the World; and if from that Particular alone, he does not find the Bliss of a double State much greater, instead of being less than he expected.