Family Quotes

"My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me everyday after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad."

- Mickey Mantle

"I love holidays. It’s such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing."

- Toni Collette

"At Christmas, a man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season’s here; Then he’s thinking more of others than he’s thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime."

- Edgar Guest

"I’m a minimalist. I don’t really need much to enjoy a good holiday – just my family and the bare essentials."

- Jean Reno

"I would like to encourage you to set traditions for your family as well as your home. Making traditions is making memories."

- Robin Redmon Dreyer

"My family legacy is mainly memories, so I especially cherish my few tangible mementos."

- Maureen Killoran

"The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent."

- Sam Levenson

"My grandfather was a wonderful role model. Through him I got to know the gentle side of men."

- Sarah Long

"My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family."

- Tagg Romney

"A baby has a way of making a man out of his father and a boy out of his grandfather."

- Angie Papadakis

"Great fathers get promoted to grandfathers."

- Joseph Marshall III

"Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children’s children. They can delight and play with them and even indulge them in ways that they did not indulge their own children."

- Alvin Poussaint

"Friends are the siblings God never gave us."

- Mencius

"The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people."

- Marian Wright Edelman

"The best of you are those who are best to their families."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear."

- Judy Blume

"I love being a father but there are a few things I miss: Silence. The absence of noise."

- Ron Swanson

"The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith."

- Billy Graham

"It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours."

- Joyce Maynard

"The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day."

- Orlando Aloysius Battista

"The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other."

- Michael Gurian

"We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they have come."

- Ruth

"We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they have come."

- Ruth Handler

"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he’s a baby."

- Natalie Wood

"The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends."

- Unknown

"And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination."

"God made us best friends because he knew our moms couldn’t handle us as sisters."

"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all."

"I won’t say goodbye my friend, for you and I will meet again."

"You are the family that I chose, and I wish you all the best things in life. Have a lovely morning!"