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

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.
— Rosalee Dickson

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
— George Bernard Shaw

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
— Alex Haley

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
— Virginia Satir