"The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position."
- Proverbs
"Govern a family as you would cook a small fish--very gently."
- Proverbs
To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.
- Isaiah Ch. 38 Vs. 1
Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale.
- Oliver Goldsmith
Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
- Elizabeth II
"When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family."
- Robert M. MacIver