Best Household Proverbs

486 Household quotes by 409 unique authors

An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business… — Pericles
The average household might prepare for root canal, traffic accident, unemployment or illness, but how the household will meet, manage and even survive violent crime… — John Longenecker
Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and… — Carol Bellamy
The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle, but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household. This,… — Martin Luther
If I am inconsiderate about the comfort of others, or their feelings, or even of their little weaknesses; if I am careless about their little… — Amy Carmichael
I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing of… — Samuel Rutherford
[I was] particularly eager to give voice to the women of my mother's place and generation, who grew up in turn-of-the-century, privileged New England households,… — Tina Howe
During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated to settle disputes… — Nhat Hanh
The poodle [Rufus] ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet… — Winston Churchill
There was a time, from 1935-1946, when teenagers and young adults danced to jazz-orientated bands. When jazz orchestras dominated pop charts and when influential clarinettists… — Scott Yanow
I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone. — Sally Phillips
Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household… — Jacqueline Woodson
When the study of the household (ecology) and the management of the household (economics) can be merged, and when ethics can be extended to include… — Eugene Odum
Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also write them for employment in the household? For one that is… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult. — Jane Siberry
The Imperial Household, as represented by the Emperor, has been praying for the welfare of the people while nurturing harmonious relationship with them. Based on… — Yoshiko Sakurai
The greatest percentage of poverty is found in female-headed households. Over 70 percent of female-headed households are poor. A large percentage of poor people are… — Walter E. Williams
Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of… — Gabrielle
Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households in the 18th century. The world at… — Bill Bryson
The history of humanity is not the history of its wars, but the history of its households. — John Ruskin
Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard. — William Ralph Inge
Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote. — John Milton
One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him,… — Georges Courteline
Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the… — Charles Baudelaire

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