#nit

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#children #cold #common #composed #family

All peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and should be to one another as brothers and sisters. ↗

— Bahá'u'lláh

#family

Personally, I think the 'Christian family' should be called a Christian fantasy. ↗

— Ruth Hurmence Green

#bible #christianity #family #family-values #family

Fathers, your are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link. ↗

— Anita R. Sneed-Carter

#father #head #link #strength #unit

...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a frustrating and contentious clan, flawed and often deeply confused, but also periodically noble and admirable, with a common destiny that every member shared. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#family #humanity #family

The key is to understand that our children don't belong to us—they belong to God. Our goal as parents must not be limited by our own vision. I am a finite, sinful, selfish man. Why would I want to plan out my children's future when I can entrust them to the infinite, omnipotent, immutable, sovereign Lord of the universe? I don't want to tell God what to do with my children—I want Him to tell me! ↗

— Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

#christianity #homeschooling #parenting #faith

It is pardonable for children to yell that they believe in fairies, but it is somehow sinister when the piping note shifts from the puerile to the senile. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#fairies #hero-worship #john-f-kennedy #kennedy-family #politics

Still, I never heard him say that he hated or wanted to hurt or kill someone for all the horrific things that had been happening to him and his family. ↗

— Savo Heleta

#dignity #humanity #integrity #not-my-turn-to-die #righteousness

You see, insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops. ↗

— Joseph Kesselring

#insanity #family

If you think people in your life are normal, then you undoubtedly have not spent any time getting to know the abnormal side of them. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#awkward #family #friends #insane #mental-issues