Family Quotes
“When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.”
“The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.”
-- H. Rap Brown
“Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.”
-- Hans-Georg Gadamer
“Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.”
-- George Bernard Shaw
“My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.”
-- Robert Griffin III
“I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.”
-- Lil' Kim
“I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.”
-- Francesca Annis