The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family who, by the mysterious influence of grace, of sweetness, and of love, renders the fulfillment of duties less wearisome, sorrows less bitter. The only pure joys unmixed with sadness. (Quote by - Giuseppe Mazzini)

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light. (Quote by - Jennie Jerome Churchill)

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops. (Quote by - Gary Grant)

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps. (Quote by - Herbert Prochnov)

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. (Quote by - Doug Larson)

The manager has always shown a lot of faith in me, and the fact that I gave up my home and family in Barcelona to come to Liverpool shows how much faith I have in Rafael Benitez. (Quote by - Luis Garcia)

The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective. (Quote by - Robert Brault)

An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. (Quote by - Spanish Proverb)

Children are the bridge to heaven. (Quote by - Persian proverb)

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst. (Quote by - Marge Kennedy)

Friends are God's apology for relations. (Quote by - Hugh Kingsmill)

By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will have to give away. (Quote by - Wayne Dyer)

Children are the true connoisseurs. What's precious to them has no price (Quote by - only value. (Quote by - Bel Kaufman)

This decision has been the most difficult of my career to date. But after discussing it with my family and those closest to me I feel the time is right (Quote by - David Beckham)

In each family a story is playing itself out, and each family's story embodies its hope and despair. (Quote by - Auguste Napier)

A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed. (Quote by - Jim Bunning)

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. (Quote by - Walt Streightiff)

I love to snuggle up on the sofa wrapped in my duvet watching old black and white films, and catching up with friends and family on the phone. (Quote by - Martine McCutcheon)

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. (Quote by - Sam Levenson)

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. (Quote by - Bob Talbert)

Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted. (Quote by - Paul Pearshall)

We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual. (Quote by - George Will)

I feel the time is right, I want to spend more time with my young family and concentrate fully on my career [on retiring from international football at age 30] (Quote by - Robbie Savage)

Oh, I love to see a man with a cigar. It reminds me of my grandfather. Morning to night, he used to sit with a great big stogie dangling from his lips. Oh, the hours we kids used to spend sitting on his lap, playing with the yellow whiskers beneath his nose. Then he'd take out his teeth with the cigar still in them and chase us around the room! We'd all laugh and laugh . . . then suddenly Grampa's mood would change, and we'd all have to run for our lives. . . . You can't buy memories like that. (Quote by - Daphne Frasier)