Family Portraits

The family is the nucleus of civilization.
– Will Durant

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction,
the cement that binds closer together, and
the music that brings harmony.
– Eva Burrows

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.
Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
– Jane Howard

There is only one good-looking child in the world,
and every mother has it.
– Chinese Proverb

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you,
but at the same time you carry them with you
in your heart, your mind, your stomach,
because you do not just live in a world.
A world lives in you. 
– Frederick Buechner

The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.  
–  George Santayana

There is no better classroom
than the family table.
– Kaye Earle

Our family dinner table was like Speakers’ Corner in London.  
We discussed, debated, argued, declaimed –
all of us at the same time.
– E. Thomson Earl

The family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
– Alex Haley

The two things we can give our children are roots which firmly anchor them,
and wings which allow them to become independent.

What can you do to promote world peace?
Go home and love your family.
– Mother Teresa