The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever.

Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever.

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

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

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things read more

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.

My family begins with me, your family ends with you.

My family begins with me, your family ends with you.

I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do read more

I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one\'s children.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, read more

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths
Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets
Cyrano Act 5.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.