“Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.” – Rosaleen Dickson
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with family” – Anthony Brandt
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – George Bernard Shaw
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” – Alex Haley
“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.” – William D. Tammeus
“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” – Anne Frank
“Family is the most important thing in the world.” – Princess Diana
“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” – Mario Puzo
“In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.” – Marge Kennedy
“Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
