Quotes about Family

“I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.”

“It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.”

“Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.”

“You can love and hate your family with equal measure, but the power of the bond you have to have with them, you can't really ever walk away.”

“My family and I are very close, and they mean more than anything to me, but I'm also the kind of guy who likes to go out with my friends and have a good time on Friday nights.”

“The Chinese people have only family and clan groups; there is no national spirit. Consequently, in spite of four hundred million people gathered together in one China, we are, in fact, but a sheet of loose sand.”

“The family is the school of duties - founded on love.”

“I have a lot of nieces and nephews. I was always around kids. I was like the family babysitter because I was the only one that wasn't married.”

“I love my family - wife, daughter, grandchildren. All them are my life. I love them because they know I am the legend but they are my legends because they are my heart.”

“You need a really solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.”

“All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

“Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.”

“If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.”

“Violence and chaos were an ever-present part of the world that I grew up in. And unfortunately, it wasn't just in my family. Sometimes, you'd see, you know, Mom fighting with one of her boyfriends. But a lot of times, you'd see people exploding on each other in a local restaurant or on the street.”

“I always tell people, 'Coming from such a big Mexican family when there's a new baby every three weeks, you have to do something to get someone's attention.'”

“I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you; I didn't really want to go back to school. I mean, my family was mad about that. Because, you know, you tell your family you want to rap, and they look at you like you're crazy.”

“The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.”

“I love my husband so much. I love our family. I love our dynamic. I'm proud to be in the relationship that I am because it's based on love. Pure love.”

“Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family. Be loyal to them. Have a genuine concern for your brothers and sisters.”

“Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.”

“When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.”