Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCQuotes
The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCAs the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
—Pope John Paul II, 1986Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.
—André Gide, 1897My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
—Tecumseh, 1810It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.
—Friedrich Schiller, 1781The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
—Mario Puzo, 2001One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
—Pindar, c. 450 BCTo be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1954The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957Men are what their mothers made them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860I cannot bear a parent’s tears.
—Virgil, c. 25 BCThere is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580