Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. -Brad Henry It's amazing how just a few words from family can mean so much. A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree. -Helen Keller The family is the school of duties-founded on love. -Felix Adler While at work, keep a picture of your family on your desk. This reminds you that there is another world of yours at home. -M. K. Soni Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl-no superior alternative has yet been found. -Winston Churchill The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common. -Cicero All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in it's own way. -Leo Tolstoy We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of human values everywhere, in peace as well as in war. -Kofi Annan Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and to mankind is to bring up a family. –Bernard Shaw Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. -Reinhold Niebuhr Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go by any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds; they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material. -F. Scott Fitzgerald What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering. - Families are tied togeth