- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family Quotes
On heritage, closeness and the pull of family.
These quotes touch on family in different forms: a sports club described as having a family feel, and personal reflections on growing up within a close, sometimes insular, family circle. For devotional lines on family, see our Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.
- Photograph
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- Nov 07, 2020
Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a rural area, I was from kind of a poor family and my parents weren't showbiz people. But going back was strange, and perhaps stranger for the other students.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's family comes from the North, and my mother's family comes from somewhere around Carmarthenshire.
- Carved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the seventh in the family. By the time I came along, one brother and two sisters had already become teachers, and this was the sort of path carved out for the rest of the family.
- Beautiful Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are, as well as how I grew up - that nurture side.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I'm really thankful to her.
- Himself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father, Dines Pontoppidan, belonged to an old family of clergymen and was himself a minister.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children are to be born into a family where the parents hold the needs of children equal to their own in importance. And children are to love parents and each other.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents who struggle to get a witness of the Savior into the heart of a child will be helped as they seek for a way to bring the words and the spirit of the Book of Mormon into the home and all the lives in their family.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heavenly Father has assigned us to a great variety of stations to strengthen and, when needed, to lead travelers to safety. Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family. They are important because the family has the opportunity at the start of a child's life to put feet firmly on the path home.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles are made more powerful guides and rescuers by the bonds of love that are the very nature of a family.
- British
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really appreciate the British part of my family.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020