Charles Franklin Thwing famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Under any system of society ... the family holds the future in its bosom.
-- Charles Franklin Thwing -
Whoever is acquainted with the cruel injustice and unjust subordination frequently manifested in the family, whoever sees matters of lasting and supreme importance relative to the beginning and continuance of the family determined by momentary fancy or unreasoning passion, cannot but desire the construction of a social fabric in which reason may rule with perfect justice.
-- Charles Franklin Thwing
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Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.
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I'd like to do more family dramas.
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
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But there were years when, in search of what I thought was better, nobler things I denied these, my people, and my family. I forgot the songs they sung - and most of those songs are now dead; I erased their dialect from my tongue; I was ashamed of them and their ways of life. But now - yes, I love them; they are a part of my blood; they, with all their virtues and their faults, played a great part in forming my way of looking at life.
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The family is where most of our joy comes from.
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