The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. By FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR Family, Friendship, Generosity, Love
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. By Harry S. Truman Children, Family, Funny, Light
The presidency is temporary—but the family is permanent. By Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of the French president Family, Priorities
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child. By William Shakespeare Children, Family, Gratitude
Insanity is hereditary—you get it from your children. By Sam Levenson Children, Family, Funny, Insanity
In study after study, people themselves report that good relationships with family members, friends, or romantic partners—far more than money or fame—are prerequisites for their happiness. By Robert Putnam Family, Happiness, Relationship
There are several ways in which to apportion the family income, all of them unsatisfactory. By Robert Benchley Economics, Family, Thrift
There’s always room for improvement, you know—it’s the biggest room in the house. By Louise Fleath Leber, on being chosen Mother of the Year Family, Mother, Potential, Success
You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives—man doesn’t get anywhere without advertising. By John Nancy Garner Advertising, Family, Powerful, Quotable, Success
A man with a career can have no time to waste upon his wife and friends; he has to devote it wholly to his enemies. By John Hobbes Enemies, Family, Friends
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. By George Burns Family, Happiness
People who claim to be “original” aren’t giving their parents enough credit. By Anonymous Creativity, Family, Funny, Originality
When you grow up, I hope you have a child just like you so you’ll know what I’m going through! By Anonymous Children, Family
Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parents. It may assent to them, but it brings them out into the open. By Alfred North Whitehead About change, Children, Family, Generation, Prejudice
