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Saturday, June 20, 2009

[Quotes] Family


Family

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck~

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

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. ~Margaret Laurence~

Sometimes our hearts get tangled
And our souls a little off-kilter
Friends and family can set us right
And help guide us back to the light.
~Sera Christann~



[Quotes] Noblesse Oblige




In French, "noblesse oblige" means 'nobility obligates'. In other words, a noble must conduct himself nobly. Figuratively, it also means that with wealth, power and prestige come social responsibilities. Someone said to me once "It is a sin when we have the power, instead not using it wisely. Whoever capable should help others,"