Attitude about Life Quotes That Will Help You Be More Positive - Part I

The word ‘attitude’ comes from the Italian for ‘posture’ is means it’s how you carry yourself, something you hold in your whole being, your entire approach to the world.

This positivity has the potential to benefit all areas of your life.

“Every day, it’s important to ask and answer these questions: “What’s good in my life?” and “What needs to be done?” – Nathaniel Branden

“Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results. ” – Germany Kent

“The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.” – Louis E. Boone

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” – Gail Devers

“Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. In the past, whenever I had fallen short in almost any undertaking, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.” – Arthur Gordon

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” – Neil Gaiman

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” – Elie Wiesel

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” – Stephen Chbosky

“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” – Pope Paul VI

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe

Whatever happens, take responsibility. Tony Robbins

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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself. Robert Greene

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. Milton Berle

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou

It is good people who make good places. Anna Sewell

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. Richard Bach

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. Benjamin Disraeli

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. Albert Einstein

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. Mahatma Gandhi

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. James Allen

The weak make others feel inferior. The strong make others feel equal. Maxime Lagacé

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. Bruce Lee

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else. Lucille Clifton

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Epictetus

The Best Attitude Quotes

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Your problem isn’t the problem, it’s your attitude about the problem. Ann Brashares

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. Ralph Marston

To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. Confucius

We lost because we told ourselves we lost. Leo Tolstoy

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You really can change the world if you care enough. Marian Wright Edelman

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better. Abraham Lincoln Click to tweet

The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance. Robert Greene Click to tweet

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen Covey

A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty. Mark Twain

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. Voltaire

What others think of me is none of my business. Unknown (Submitted by the Wisdom Quotes Community)

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails. H. Jackson Brown Jr

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. Kahlil Gibran

Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything. George Bernard Shaw

No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win. Sylvester Stallone

An optimist is the human personification of spring. Susan J. Bissonette

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. Joyce Meyer

What Is Attitude?

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill

Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought. John C. Maxwell

Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. Irving Berlin

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. W. C. Fields

Attitude is everything, so pick a good one. Wayne Dyer

Attitude is altitude. Nick Vujicic

The Most Famous Attitude Quotes (Einstein, Keller, Shakespeare, etc.)

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. John C. Maxwell

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. Oprah Winfrey

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Harry S. Truman

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Colin Powell

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right. Henry Ford Click to tweet

I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu

You must be the change you want to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. Helen Keller

Pessimism never won any battle. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar

Some More famous quotes

Attitudes are more important than facts. George MacDonald

I will not take “but” for an answer. Langston Hughes

Your aspirations are your possibilities. Samuel Johnson

Attitude will always define who we are in life. Mark A. Brennan

To fly, we have to have resistance. Maya Lin

Preparation + Attitude + Opportunity + Action = Luck. John C. Maxwell

Every wall is a door. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing. Payne Stewart

Only you can control your future. Dr. Seuss

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. Colin Powell

Every day brings new choices. Martha Beck

Responsibility is the great developer of men. Mary Parker Follett

You become what you think about. Napoleon Hill

If you think you can’t, you’re right. Carol Bartz

Attitude determines the altitude of life. Edwin Louis Cole

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett

I don’t get lucky. I make my own luck. Harvey Specter (Suits)

Inspirational And Uplifting Attitude Quotes

If you own this story you get to write the ending. Brené Brown 

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. Napoleon Hill

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. James A. Froude

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. Og Mandino

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, “Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary”. Unknown

The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth. M. Scott Peck

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Marianne Williamson

The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self-confidence and good humour. Charles Dickens

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. M. Scott Peck

Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong. Anne Frank

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. Farrah Gray

The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill

When you’re backed against the wall, break the goddamn thing down. Harvey Specter (Suits)

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Ella Williams

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. Demosthenes

I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. Anne Frank

Funny And Surprising Attitude Quotes

I’ve developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time. Charlie Brown

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it. Scipio Africanus

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. Voltaire

You’re lucky if you found a person who never gets tired of understanding your nonsense attitude. Unknown

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes. Sigmund Freud

Fuck it… That’s really the attitude that keeps a family together, it’s not “we love each other”, it’s just “fuck it, man”. Louis C.K.

Let them hate. Just make sure they spell your name right. Harvey Specter (Suits)

Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself. Mark A. Cooper

A bad attitude is like a flat tire. You can’t go anywhere until you change it. Unknown

Deep And Emotional Attitude Quotes

People only see what they are prepared to see. Ralph Waldo Emerson

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin

If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want. Oscar Wilde

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate, a time for war, and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Viktor Frankl

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. Frank Lloyd Wright

Circumstances do not make you what you are, they reveal what you are. John C. Maxwell Click to tweet

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet. Earl Nightingale

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind. Mahatma Gandhi

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win. Charles Spurgeon

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut

Wise Attitude Quotes (Words Of Wisdom)

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. George Bernard Shaw

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes. E. F. Schumacher

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. Samuel Johnson

Better to be emotionally intelligent than intellectually intelligent. Neil Strauss

Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities. Jack Ma

To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have. Unknown

You can’t always have a good day. But you can always face a bad day with a good attitude. Unknown

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. Samuel Richardson

So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. Arthur Ashe

It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens. Pema Chodron

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time. Elbert Hubbard

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don’t spend your precious time asking “Why isn’t the world a better place?” It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is “How can I make it better?” To that there is an answer. Leo Buscaglia

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done. Robert Foster Bennett

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. Zig Ziglar

Attitude Quotes About Life, Happiness, Friendship, Love

Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. Mother Teresa

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances. Martha Washington

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Eckhart Tolle

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Ken Keyes Jr.

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. Ursula Le Guin

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. Dale Carnegie

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Dalai Lama

You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others. Francis of Assisi

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves. Eric Hoffer

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Arthur Rubinstein

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. John Burroughs

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Charles R. Swindoll

Good humour is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. William Makepeace

If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining. Guy Finley

You are not what happened to you, you are what you choose to become. Unknown

Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. William James

When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others. Zig Ziglar

Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life. Gerald Jampolsky

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James

101 Inspirational Quotes On Light

 The matrix life has a way in which it darkens many peoples light that shines from within them because they get so caught up in making a living rather than living their dream life. May these quotes inspire you to always let your light shine from within and see the light out in the world so that you may live your dreams.

1. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” Maya Angelou

2. “Let light shine out of darkness.” Anonymous

3. “But my darling, there’s no such thing as the light at the end of the tunnel, you must realize that you are the light.” Anonymous

4. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr

5. “Within you is the light of a thousand suns.” Robert Adams

6. “He has those kind eyes that shone with the light of everything will be ok.” Atticus

7. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Aristotle

8. “We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in.” Ernest Hemingway

9. “Give light and people will find the way.” Ella Baker

10. “Be the light that helps others see.” Anonymous

11. “Light up the darkness.” Bob Marley

12. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” Francis Bacon

13. “Following the light of the sub, we left the Old World.” Christopher Columbus

14. “After darkness comes the light.” Cornelius Nepos

15. “If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” Rumi

16. “There is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light.” Vern P. Stanfill

17. “I shine with love and light in every moment.” Anonymous

18. “If you are the light, you cast away the darkness.” ManHee Lee

19. “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” Madeline L’Engle

20. “Light attracts light.” Warsan Shire

21. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond Tutu

22. “To love beauty is to see light.” Victor Hugo

23. “An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly.” Anonymous

24. “All of the lights of the world cannot be compared to a ray of the inner light of the self.” Anonymous

25. “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” Brene Brown

26. “See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.” Wayne Dyer

27. “Shine your own light. Follow your own path.” Anonymous

28. “Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to the inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to the inner love; it will transform you.” Sri Chinmoy

29. “You may think your light is small, but it can make a huge difference in other people’s lives.” Anonymous

30. “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” Oprah Winfrey

31. “Travel light, live light, spread light, be the light.” Yogi Bhajan

32. “No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul’s inner light.” Wes Fesler

33. “The strongest light is the light that shines within you. Use it to lead the way of your life.” Anonymous

34. “Beauty is a light in the heart.” Khalil Gibran

 35. “When you possess light within, you see it externally.” Anais Nin

36. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

37. “When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

38. “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato

39. “There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula

40. “Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars, points of light and reason. ...And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn’t see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason, for anything.” ― Stephenie Meyer, New Moon

41. “Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

42. “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

43. “There is a crack in everything.That's how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968

44. “May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

45. “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” ― Roy T. Bennett

46. “Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.” ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

47. “The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

48. “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

49. “We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.” ― Leonora Carrington

50. “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” ― Brene Brown

51. “Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.” ― Ezra Pound

52. “It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.” ― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

53. “Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with love—be there for others—bring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

54. “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” ― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

55. “When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

56. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ― Og Mandino

57. “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ― Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy

58. “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen

59. “When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.” ― Edward Teller

60. “Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

61. “If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.” ― Romain Rolland

62. “It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.” ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

63. “Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.” ― Walt Whitman

64. “Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost

65. “Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There's no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars.” ― Carrie Hope Fletcher

66. “Love is not consolation. It is light.” ― Simone Weil

67. “I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

68. “Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary end of the dark-sight. The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots grew through the lightless mystery of the earth. The roses said: You do not have to choose. ” ― Robin McKinley, Sunshine

69. “I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?" More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke more softly. "Is it because you are intelligent? Is it because you are brave and good? Is is because you're special?

Maybe. Who knows. But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.

Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.” ― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

70. “The Sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us. Journey wisely.”― Alexandra Elle

71. “You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. (Matthew 5:14, The Message)” ― Anonymous, The Message Remix

72. “You can make it dark, but I can't make it light.” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

73. “May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you... ” ― Robert Fanney

74. “Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

75. “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.” ― C.G. Jung

76. “Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.” ― Jim Carrey

77. “Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

78. “In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those sitting in darkness, in the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace.” ― Anonymous, Holy Bible: King James Version

79. “Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it.” ― Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

80. “The only whole heart is a broken one because it lets the light in.” ― David Wolpe

81. “There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.” ― Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

82. “No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.” ― Paulo Coelho

83. “Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.” ― Kamand Kojouri

84. “Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.” ― L.R. Knost

85. “I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

85. “Light is more important than the lantern,The poem more important than the notebook” ― Nizar Qabbani 

 86. “Darkness will always try to extinguish the light. The light will always try to repress the darkness.” ― Morgan Rhodes, Rebel Spring

87. “Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” ― William Blake

88. “The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softnessarmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!” ― George Gordon Byron

89. “The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” ― Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

90. “We're each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion trying to emerge into something solid, something real. We've got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there's an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.” ― Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty

91. “I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart.” ― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

92. “Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.” ― Egon Schiele

93. “The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.” ― Jess C. Scott, The Darker Side of Life

94. “Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.” ― Egon Schiele

95. “When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances on the floor. What we call "white" is a rainbow of colored rays packed into a small space. The prism sets them free. Love is the white light of emotion.” ― Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of Love

96. “The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole--- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems

97. “the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light.” ― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

98. “Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

99. “These are all I have. I do not have the wide, bright beacon of some solid old lighthouse, guiding ships safely home, past the jaggedrocks. I only have these little glimmers that flicker and then go out.” ― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

100. “Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.” ― Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion

101. “Foolishness sleeps soundly, while knowledge turns with each thinking hour, longing for the dawn of answers.” ― Anthony Liccione

Top & Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Sayings

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Top & Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Sayings

Inspirational Family Quotes & Sayings

“I have a great family, I live an amazing life.” – John Oates

“I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.” – Reba McEntire

“Family always gonna be there. The material things, they come and go.” – Romeo Miller

“I’m surrounded by great friends and family. I don’t know what I would do without them.” – Emma Roberts

“The family is the first essential cell of human society.” – Pope John XXIII

“I believe family first. Blood is thicker than water. I grew up like that, and I want to continue to keep that goal in my heart. Just family first! Just honesty, integrity, and respect. All of that. I live by the code of those things. If you do that you’ll be fine.” – Cory Hardrict

“When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” – Guy Lafleur

“Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.” – John Lasseter

“I’m a strong person, I’m a strong family man, I’m a strong husband and a strong father.” – David Beckham

“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.”

“It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” – Philip Green

“A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.” – Frank Abagnale

“I would rather start a family than finish one.” – Don Marquis

Family Quotes

“My family is my strength and my weakness.” – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

“I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.” – Amos Oz

“I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I know always where I belong.” – Jose Carreras

“Our family is a circle of strength of love with every birth and every union the circle grows.”

“The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I’m thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family’s future.” – Jackie Kennedy

“The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” – Ring Lardner

“Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” – Anthony Liccione

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” – Desmond Tutu

“When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.” – Alex Haley

“Women’s natural role is to be a pillar of the family.” – Grace Kelly

“I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.” – Cindy Morgan

“If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up in jail for 500 years, but I would eat them.” – Johnny Depp

“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” – Lee Iacocca

“If you come from a solid family structure, it doesn’t matter what you go through in your life. You’re going to be okay.” – Alyssa Milano

“Think of your family today and every day thereafter, don’t let the busy world of today keep you from showing how much you love and appreciate your family.” – Josiah

“Life is precious and relationships are precious. I’m a great believer in family.” – Len Goodman

“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.” – Buddha

“The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music.” – Dennis Wilson

“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.” – Harry S. Truman

Family Quotes

“Love your family. Spend time, be kind & serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & today is short.”

“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” – Alex Haley

“I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values – the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one’s children.” – Ednita Nazario

“In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm.” – Isaac Rosenfeld

“I have a family to support. And I’m not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.” – Patrick Warburton

“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” – Barbara Bush

“Next to hurting my family, cheating on me is the worst thing someone could do.” – Robert Buckley

“Talking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.” – Colbie Caillat

“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones you accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you you no matter what.”

“Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.” – Margaret Drabble

“A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.” – David A. Bednar

“Unconditional love is loving your kids for who they are, not for what they do… it isn’t something you will achieve every minute of every day. But it is the thought we must hold in our hearts every day.” – Stephanie Marston

“The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends.” – Clayton Christensen

“Cherish your human connections – your relationships with friends and family.” – Barbara Bush

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” – Virginia Satir

“No family is perfect… we argue, we fight. We even stop talking to each other at times. But in the end, family is family… The love will always be there.”

Family Quotes

“Children are the keys of paradise.” – Eric Hoffer

“Family is this very deep, complex thing that for most people becomes everything. It informs your entire life.” – Ezra Miller

“Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” – Evan Esar

“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” – Frederick Buechner

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“A mother discovers with great delight that one does not love one’s children just because they are one’s children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” – Dodie Smith

“I sustain myself with the love of family.” – Maya Angelou

“Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.” – Ann Brashares

“Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.” – Bill Cosby

“That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.” – Deb Caletti

“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett

“What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.” – George Eliot

“To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius

“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we’re related for better or for worse…and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.” – Rick Riordan

“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn’t really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.” – Johnny Depp

Family Quotes

“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.”

“A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.” – Brad Pitt

“I’ve been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.” – Hope Solo

“I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.” – Ugo Betti

“Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.”

“Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry

“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” – Lisa Weedn

“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Family Quotes

“The love of a family is life’s greatest blessings.”

“Sometimes the best families are the ones God builds using unexpected pieces of our hearts.” – Melanie Shankle

“Home is the place where boys and girls first learn how to limit their wishes, abide by rules, and consider the rights and needs of others.” – Sidonie Gruenberg

“I stay in tune with my family and God.” – Regina King

“I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.” – Jet Li

“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the famil.” – Anthony Brandt

“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – David Ogden Stiers

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” – Abraham Lincoln

“I think people that have a brother or sister don’t realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there’s always somebody there, somebody that’s family.” – Trey Parker

“A house is built by hands, but a home is built by heart.”

Family Quotes

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Theresa

“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” – George Moore

“He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.” – Chanakya

“Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox

“I love all my fam. I have quite possibly the best dad, mom, and sister in the world.” – Ryan Eggold

“Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it’s the most exquisite love of all.” – Maggie Gallagher

“Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” – Gail Lumet Buckley

“If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won’t either. And if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.” – Marian Wright Edelman

“Always kiss your children goodnight – even if they’re already asleep.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” – Bo Bennett

“Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.” – J.S. Bryan

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of humans, are created, strengthened and maintained.” – Winston Churchill

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” – Angela Schwindt

“The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” – Charles Kuralt

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns

“Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.” – Willard Scott

“No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” – Elbert Hubbard

“Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” – Mitch Albom

Family Quotes

“In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb

“If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you’ll have a good life.” – Adam Carolla

“Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.” – Henry Ian Cusick

“I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.” – Jean Dujardin

“I’m very fortunate to have been raised in my family. I learned early about the importance of giving back.” – Patrick Schwarzenegger

“I look to my family for my support. I’m fortunate to have a big family.” – Chris O’Donnell

“You can’t have a happy family if you don’t have a happy marriage.” – Jeremy Sisto

“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.” – Benjamin Franklin

“I have a really good family. I’m lucky to have people who support me and love me in my life.” – Kenny Wormald

“I’d like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.” – Natassia Malthe

“I’m passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin’ to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.” – Suge Knight

“I’ve got a really good family; I’ve got great friends around me.” – Harry Styles

Family Quotes

“Life is about family and technology.” – Mark Goddard

“My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they’re all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.” – Ziggy Marley

“I prioritize the things that need to get done at work, and I ask myself where I’m spending the majority of my time. The answer to that question always needs to be ‘with my family.’ Elisabeth Hasselbeck

“I can’t complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country.” – Mary Decker

“I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we’re a show business family and we all work.” – Michael Jackson

“Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.” – B. B. King

“Everybody’s family has different values.” – Lewis Black

“At the end of the day, I got to live my life for my family, for my children, and I’m going to do what’s best for them.” – T.I.

“My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.” – Jet Li

“I think family is the most important thing in the world. I think your own family is the most complicated thing in the world, and I think it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.” – Jake Gyllenhaal

“I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am lucky that I have such a good image of family life – my father and mother are still in love, still happy.” – Caterina Murino

“I really don’t care what people think of me. I’ve got my family. I’ve got my friends.” – Chris Kyle

“The one thing I’ve always said: Let your family and close friends be the judge of who you are as a person. Don’t worry about being judged by others who don’t know you, because your family and close friends know what you’re all about, good and bad.” – Rick Pitino

“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” – John C. Maxwell

“I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.” – Li Na

“I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress, in case the house burns down.” – Kim Kardashian

“My family and I are so close, it’s important to have a close knit relationship and to make time to spend with each other, especially at the holidays.” – Gia Coppola

“I’m just trying to be the me that I am and not all of this other crap. I just want to be the family man, and if somehow I can make the money to get my ranch and get the hell away from everybody else, that would be awesome.” – Chris Kyle

Family Quotes

“I love spending time with my dog, my niece and my family. I’m very family-oriented.” – Lil’ Kim

“When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.” – Terri Clark

“Since I’m always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family.” – Chris Brown

“My advice: Take a second out of the day today and be thankful for your family.” – Jenna Morasca

“I’m a happy guy. I like to joke around. I’m irreverent. I love my family; I love my son. I was very happy with and proud of the birth of my son. I grew up a lot after he was born. I’m just an easy and happy guy.” – Neymar

“You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.” – Courtney Thorne-Smith

“It’s nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you’re closer to them by love.” – Olivier Martinez

“Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I’d be now.” – Patricia Velasquez

“Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.” – James Brown

“When I do get free time, I spend a lot of it at home with my family and my close friends and I think that’s what keeps me happy, healthy, grounded, and totally in check.” – Leighton Meester

“I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.” – Barbara Corcoran

“I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn’t be an oddity.” – Sandra Bullock

“If you don’t have your friends and your family, what do you really have? You can have all the money in the world, but with no friends and no family, it’s no good.” – Meek Mill

“My priority is to hang out with the ones I love – my family, my loved ones.” – Cote de Pablo

Family Quotes

“I absolutely love spending time with my family.” – Kevin Alejandro

“We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.” – Ryan White

“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.” – Kamisese Mara

“The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.” – Maya Angelou

“If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you go – you’ll find family.” – Victoria Smurfit

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Leo Tolstoy

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no aw, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – Agatha Christie

“No man has ever lived that had enough of children’s gratitude or woman’s love.” – William Butler Yeats

“At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.” – Mark V. Olsen

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – John Bowring

“To understand your parents’ love, you must raise children yourself.”

Family Quotes

“Happiness is only real when shared” – Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family.” – Jim Butcher

“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” – Jonathan Safran Foer

“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough” – Walt Whitman

“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” – Napoléon Bonaparte

“Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!” – Stieg Larsson

“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life” – Matthew Quick

“We must take care of our families wherever we find them.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“Never be afraid to ask for help, especially when you have good friends or family who are likely more than willing to help out.” – Michelle Stewart

“Let your friends and family officially know what your new venture is. Don’t miss this step. So often people start a business and think all their friends and family might know, but really they don’t.” – Amy Dix

“Building a family plan with expectations and accountability for all members builds up the family and motivates each person to do their personal best everyday.” – Keith and Maya Traver

“When I think of any of my successes, I am thankful to God from whom all blessings flow, and to my family and friends who enrich my life.”

“The family unit is the first group of people that you are a part of. While there are obvious exceptions, there’s usually an intrinsic trust that is built in to your family.” – Tom Meitner

“Family, friends and the typical attitudes of society will, at different stages, try to tell you what you ‘should’ be doing with your life.” – Philip West

“There is a great work/home life balance that you need to achieve. If you let your home life eat into your work life, you lose motivation quickly and if work life imposes too much on your family time, then your family time becomes less satisfactory.” – Dane Taylor

“My family provided me with the proper information and inspiration for me to overcome the challenge of blindness.” – David DeNotaris