#Family

"Never write a book and let it sit on a shelf"

"When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?"

"Faithfulness in small things leads to faithfulness in great things, and never the other way around."

"I have a great family, I live an amazing life."

"I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be."

"You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me."

"Your friends can be double-edged knife thy can either nurture you or destroy you. Choose them Wisely......"

"A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all."

"Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it."

"It is of great significance if there is a person who truly prays in a family. Prayer attracts God's Grace and all the members of the family feel it, even those whose hearts have grown cold. Pray always."

"Be as successful as a Smith."

"Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door."

"The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish."

"[Homeschooling]...recipe for genius: More of family and less of school, more of parents and less of peers, more creative freedom and less formal lessons."

"I’ll mark up my services 200%, and then offer them to you at a 50% discount—because I like you so much. That’s the Mother-in-law Discount."

"I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries."

"Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?"

"I ate some emotional soup in my childhood and have spent a lifetime trying to digest it."

"I’m older now than my dad was when he was my age. Wait, that’s not right. That’s not my dad at all, that’s just some stranger hanging around in my memory."

"My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism."