Family Quotes - Page 23

• Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.

  Margaret Atwood

  Cute, Girl, Children

  Margaret Atwood (1988). “Cat's eye”, Doubleday, 1989

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• How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Love, Happiness, Crazy

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• You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Life, Cute

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• Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

  James A. Baldwin

  Education, Wisdom, Children

  Nobody Knows My Name (1961) "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a letter from Harlem"

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• Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

  Hosea Ballou

  Mom, Education, Mother

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)", Book by Kate Louise Roberts, 2010.

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• A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

  Honore de Balzac

  Happiness, Mothers Day, Mom

  Honore de Balzac (2011). “Letters of Two Brides”, p.185, The Floating Press

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• I know how to do anything, I'm a mom.

  Roseanne Barr

  Funny, Mom, Mother

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• We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Inspirational, Fathers Day

  "Royal Truths, etc".

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• Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Mothers Day, Mom, Children

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• Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Men, Care, Genealogy

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• There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

  Niels Bohr

  Inspirational, Truth, Opposites

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• It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

  Erma Bombeck

  Mom, Mother, Compassion

  Erma Bombeck (2013). “Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession”, p.10, Open Road Media

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• My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

  Erma Bombeck

  Mom, Mother, Parenting

  Erma Bombeck (2011). “I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression”, p.96, Fawcett

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• No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.

  Erma Bombeck

  Mother, Children, Sleep

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• Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

  Erma Bombeck

  Food, Cereal, Controversial Topics

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• Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Good Night, Baby, Children

  "Fictional character: Jennifer Jareau". "Criminal Minds" ("Boxed In", Season 10, Episode 5), October 29, 2014.

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• Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love, Happiness, Integrity

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• Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

  Les Brown

  Inspirational, Business, Educational

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• People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

  Edmund Burke

  Inspirational, Memories, People

  Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

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• The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Children, Real

  George Carlin (2007). “The Best of Brain Droppings”, p.55, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.

  Jim Carrey

  Grandparent, Sandwiches, Noses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

  Chanakya

  Son, Tree, Religion

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• I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Happiness, Leadership

  Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

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• The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Love, Life, Happiness

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1975). “De officiis”, Loeb Classical Library

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• A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

  Frank A. Clark

  Children, Parenting, Giving

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