A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.
Family is not an important thing. It's everything.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
My family's the most important thing in my life.
Being popular is the most important thing in the world!
Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
Family is the most important thing in the world.
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.
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