quotes about love and family

Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers. ~Nicholas Eberstadt, The Tyranny of Numbers: Mismeasurement and Misrule


What things there are to write, if one could only write them! My mind is full of gleaming thought; gay moods and mysterious, moth-like meditations hover in my imagination, fanning their painted wings. But always the rarest, those streaked with azure and the deepest crimson, flutter away beyond my reach. ~Logan Pearsall Smith


Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. ~John Muir Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. ~John Muir


On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable. ~Emma Goldman, Marriage and Love


The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. ~Margaret Carty


You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. ~Irene C. Kassorla


Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin


I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. ~Rodney Dangerfield


Snow: a form of precipitation that usually occurs three weeks prior to and the morning of your departure from your ski vacation. ~Author Unknown


The Bible is literature, not dogma. ~George Santayana


Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb


Traverse: One of two ways to stop while skiing. Tree: The other method. ~Author Unknown


Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. ~Ambrose Bierce


If you are walking to seek, ye shall find. ~Sommeil Liberosensa


Silence is a source of great strength. ~Lao Tzu


Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb


The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. ~Mark Twain, "Reflections on Being the Delight of God."


Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt


Television has raised writing to a new low. ~Samuel Goldwyn


Why does it take a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye? ~Author Unknown