Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate. ”

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children. ”

By the mid-1950s, the young bond traders on the Street were becoming more and more of a fraternity. We organized informal luncheons every Thursday in an effort to educate financial writers, who knew next to nothing about municipal bonds. ”

Pop taught me respect for my fellow man and reverence for my God. He taught me the importance of family and religion. ”

And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all her stuff, reading to the child, because she had children herself and that's what she would have done. ”

The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl. ”

To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience. ”

To be without sure and safe friends in the world makes life not worth having; and whom can we be so sure of as of our children? ”

There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families. ”

Leaving the board will relieve me of formal duties and give me more flexibility, but I still expect to spend as much time as possible with the extended family of Ford people and will gladly help the company and the board in any way I can. ”