Does anyone know of a good quote or bible verse regarding parents or family?

Question

I am etching a glass picture frame and I need a quote or verse that talks about family. Any suggestions??

Answer 1

Affection without sentiment, authority without cruelty, discipline without aggression, humor without ridicule, sacrifice without obligation, companionship without possessiveness.

-- William E. Blatz

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.

-- Joyce Maynard

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.

-- Jane Howard

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

-- Brad Henry

Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.

-- Gail Lumet Buckley

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.

-- Anais Nin

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family.

-- Lee Iacocca

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

-- Jim Rohn

Answer 2

The family is a haven in a heartless world.  Christopher Lasch

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

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Richard Bach

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. Joyce Brothers

You don't choose your family.  They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.  Desmond Tutu

In time of test, family is best.  Burmese Proverb

At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.  Mark V. Olsen and Will Sheffer

The family is one of nature's masterpieces. George Santayana, The Life of Reason

We cannot destroy kindred:  our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break. Marquise de Sévigné

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. Anthony Brandt

"A family portrait is only complete with love to fill its frame." Wes Fessler

"Family is a collective expression of individual perspectives--a living work of art." Wes Fessler

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven." John Bowring

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