Family Duties Quotes

#1. Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's.

Rick Riordan

#2. Mr. Brocklehurst, who, from his wealth and family connections, could not be overlooked, still retained the post of treasurer; but he was aided in the discharge of his duties by gentlemen of rather more enlarged and sympathising minds:

Charlotte Bronte

#3. I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.

Eleanor Roosevelt

#4. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#5. We have seen a growing mismatch between the command of media communication shown by the most talented politicians, and the halting, uneven progress which they can deliver through the machinery of government.

Tom Bentley

#6. If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.

George Muller

#7. If there are rights or duties of people which are not guaranteed because they're part of a [de facto] union and not of a family, there will be the need of a legislative action to remove the disparity. Obviously, when talking about people I refer to everyone [including homosexuals].

Gianfranco Fini

#8. A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless.

Mahatma Gandhi

#9. he who discards his worldly duties can justify himself only by assuming some kind of responsibility toward a much larger family." The

Paramahansa Yogananda

#10. The family is the school of duties - founded on love.

Felix Adler

#11. A prisoner should know that there are thousands of imprisoned freemen living in this world ... jailed in their own society, handcuffed by duties..

Munia Khan

#12. There is a tradition of television which isn't dross and stands up. Betjeman's programmes, which were made for 2/6d with one man and a cine camera, were amazing to watch because he was such a great talker.

Jonathan Meades

#13. Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a woman, on whom matrimonial duties and cares weigh more heavily, it is a moral wrong, for she must either neglect her family, or her profession.

Harriet Hosmer

#14. Inasmuch as the domestic household is antecedent, as well as in idea as in fact, the family must necessarily have rights and duties which are prior than those of the Community and founded more immediately in nature.

Pope Leo XIII

#15. The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about The Dark Knight's dread (that teenage thrall with subversion) inspires their fealty to product.

Armond White

#16. Some duties exist simply because we are part of a larger family or community.

Max Anders

#17. As always when people are overtaxed creatively, they come up with the most dubious suggestions.

Timur Vermes

#18. To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.

Robin Hobb

#19. A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.

John Bunyan

#20. The only time I've tried to make plans, the cosmic sledgehammer has intervened and something else has happened. You just have to wait and see what comes your way, so that's what I do.

Peter Capaldi

#21. If human justice is to supplement Nature's provisions, all family duties must be shared equitably, in person or by proxy.

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

#22. To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.

Queen Latifah

#23. She smiles and looks at us, he told himself, but she doesn't see anything. She's looking at us, but she's seeing something else.

Haruki Murakami

#24. Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China.

Gary Miller

#25. Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland

Albert Camus

#26. Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine and sincere.

Leo Tolstoy

#27. Leaving the board will relieve me of formal duties and give me more flexibility, but I still expect to spend as much time as possible with the extended family of Ford people and will gladly help the company and the board in any way I can.

William Clay Ford, Sr.