7,080 Quotes About Family

Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over the years, mutates, some parts are sharpened, others dropped, and there is often debate about what really happened. But even with these different sides of the same story, there is still agreement that this is the family story. And in the absence of other narratives, it becomes the flagpole that the family hangs its identity from.

Kissing power is stronger than will power.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Women who miscalculate are called mothers.

All too often people concentrate on finding the right spouse, little realizing that half of any marriage is being the right spouse.

In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say. I couldn't keep pace, so I looked to do my own things.