"A family is a place where principles..." - Quote by Charles R Swindoll
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
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“Part of the thrill of guiding children into adulthood is the release. But it's also a parent's greatest act of surrender. Still, you have to let them go. Start now.”
“Cultivate your own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or style may be miles different from yours. Rabbits don't fly. Eagles don't swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don't have feathers. Stop comparing. There's plenty of room in the forest.”
“First impressions never have a second chance.”
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“My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.”
“My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.”
“When buying a new house ... Buy the house far enough away from school so your kids can't come home for lunch.”
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“The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.”
“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded, then, is a return to these truths.”
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.”