Quotes of: Middleclass-family Keyword

All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.

Michael Learned

Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

Gary Bauer

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.

Anthony Brandt

I have no riches in life, but only family who loves me.

Alon Calinao Dy

Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.

Anthony Liccione

All she wanted was a family, all he wanted was fame; as their relationship famished.

Anthony Liccione

We are not defined by the family into which we are born, but the one we choose and create. We are not born, we become.

Tori Spelling

You never did master a leer." - Katharine Murray, Death on the Family Tree

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Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.

Will Arnett

A man that loves and cherishes his woman and his family is a man of honor.

Wayne Chirisa

Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income.

Jordana Spiro

I was missing lectures leading up to an essay test, so I went downstairs & got my textbook & pretended to study, with Animal Planet playing in the background. Everyone we learned about was either white or some sort of predecessor of the white, Christ...

The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong

If you do not know how to take care of yourself, and the violence in you, then you will not be able to take care of others. You must have love and patience before you can truly listen to your partner or child. If you are irritated you cannot listen. ...

Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World

We want to climb in with you,' Dermot said. 'We'll all sleep better.' That seemed incredibly weird and creepy to me - or maybe I only thought it should have. I was simply too tired to argue. I climbed in the bed. Claude got in on one side of me, Derm...

Dead in the Family

When I was about nine, my siblings and I fell out of our moving van at an intersection. My dad didn’t notice for about five blocks. It was back before seat belts. It was also back before parents used any sort of common sense whatsoever. It was a ti...

Everything I Never Wanted to Be: A Memoir of Alcoholism and Addiction, Faith and Family, Hope and Humor

(You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel ashamed.) (You are wrong. Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.) (And you are deserving of shame?) (I am...

Everything Is Illuminated

We want our children to become who they are--- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define it doesn't mean doing what you want. Freedom means the ability to make choices that are good for you. It is the power to choose to bec...

Homeschooling: A Family's Journey

Dogs have always provided a special kind of love and companionship that I experience only some of the time with humans. They have a strong sense of character and live the way we ought to: dogs never compare you to your sister nor make judgments in he...

Bespotted: My Family's Love Affair with Thirty-Eight Dalmatians

When a destitute mother starts earning an income, her dreams of success invariably center around her children. A woman's second priority is the household. She wants to buy utensils, build a stronger roof, or find a bed for herself and her family. A m...

Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

How did you act when all was not good? Did you rise to the challenge? Did you display grit, resilience, and integrity in your response? Character isn't about being perfect or always doing the right thing. Character is how you respond to your own fail...

Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

In Hawaii, family showed itself in the way that my siblings never dared to call one another "half" anything. We were fully brothers and sisters. Family appeared in the pile of rubber slippers and sandals that crowded the entrance to everyone's home; ...

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More