'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
“When you’re in the middle and stuck, you need to know when to back out and call for help. If that person… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
“Eat,” my mother says. “And then we’ll figure out what to do next.” Her we sounds nice—not like the we of What… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
“You’re not alone, and you’re not the one in charge,” Mother said gently. “Ask for help when you need it, and give… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
I never met a person as determined as my mother. From working hard for six kids to just trying to keep the… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
“It was the history of the family, written by Melquíades, down to the most trivial details, one hundred years ahead of time.… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
On this special day of love, remember that your Father loves you more than you could ever imagine...no matter what you’ve done… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
“The Blessed I am in the darkness and alone. In front of me stands the door. When I open it, I am… — Gertrud Kolmar Copy Share Image
Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There are some forty thousand children in California, according to the red brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Parents of spirited children who are learning to manage their intensity well are talking about intensity and naming the emotions. They soothe… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
“I’ve heard that lawyers’ children, on seeing their parents in court in the heat of argument, get the wrong idea: they think… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
I do take for granted, probably, the fact that I grew up in New York City, one of the most liberal places… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
“We are, after all, an animal that was brought into being on this biosphere by these processes of sun and water and… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
“It’s painful to be the one not chosen,” she murmured to Father Ryan, watching the younger pair. “Even when you acknowledge, deep… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“Dr. Singh told me once that if you have a perfectly tuned guitar and a perfectly tuned violin in the same room,… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Dairy farmers routinely remove calves from their mothers at an early age so that the milk will be available for humans; anyone… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Hug your children...Kiss your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters. Tell them how much you love them, every day. Because every… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
A Christian's freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially… — John Stott Copy Share Image
When there is no expectation there is no possibility of frustration. Expectation is the mother of all frustrations; expectation gone, frustration disappears.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
“When my son Nick was five years old, he was sitting at the kitchen bar while I prepared dinner. In typical busy… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Einstein had been only four or five years old when his father gave him that compass. It was one of those small… — Amanda Gefter Copy Share Image
“My sister could really tell some tales on me. She knows things about me that my parents don’t know. This went against… — The writers of Encouraging.com Copy Share Image
It's not the cost (although that pinches), or the time (though that grinds). After a while, it's the sheer galling indignity of… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
From Heaven I fall, though from earth I begin. No lady alive can show such a skin. I'm bright as an angel,… — James Parton Copy Share Image
“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first time I saw my father, he was chained. Gone was the mirage of the invincible man, the man who would… — Michael Tubbs Copy Share Image
“As children we are taught, "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me!" As adults we teach… — Bryan Oftedahl Copy Share Image
“My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal part pirate. I have no father. There's nothing unusual about that… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
“In himself, nothing; in God, everything. That is his motto. He knows well that the world will never see him as God… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to celebrate Father's Day because I feel guilty if I don't and guilty if I do because obviously… — Coleen Nolan Copy Share Image
“Abundance of the Heart. He describes an experience with nature and his father. An environment of trust can have to do with… — Arthur Henry King Copy Share Image
My own life changed when my father returned from his second combat tour in Vietnam. When he came home after almost a… — Robert Wilkie Copy Share Image
“Because he was good!’ Smiley snapped, and there was a startled silence everywhere, while he recovered himself. ‘Vladimir’s father was an Estonian… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
Look at his hair. He looks like his father. (Cassandra) He has your lungs. (Wulf) Oh, please! (Cassandra) Trust me. Every Apollite… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I see my husband and the way he is with his daughters, responsive and alive and sensitive in ways my father would… — Lisa Brennan-Jobs Copy Share Image
Whales in mid-ocean, suspended in the waves of the sea great heaven of whales in the waters, old hierarchies. And enormous mother… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image