Some families are successful because of this

Some families are successful not because they are rich, but because they support one another.

"If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that 'Members not Present' and 'Subjects Discussed' were one and the same." - Robert Brault

"Remember, as far as anyone knows, we're a nice, normal family." - Homer Simpson

"The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst." - Marge Kennedy

"Blood makes you related, Love makes you family." - Unknown

"A family is a place where minds come in contact. If these minds love one another, the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another, it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden." - Buddha

"In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." - Paul McCartney

"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family." - Lee Iacocca

"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." - Mother Teresa

"The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to." - Dodie Smith

"The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself." – Gilbert K. Chesterton

"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." - Mother Teresa

"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?" ~ Lee Iacocca

Being alive is the special occasion

Stop saving clothes and shoes for special occasions.
Wear them whenever you can. Being alive is the special occasion!

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."– Albert Einstein

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."– Babe Ruth

 "Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there." — Will Smith

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking." – Steve Jobs

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. Orson Welles

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. -Ralph Waldo Emerson