If as a family we must be selective listeners, then let us pay more attention to the words of the heart and less to the words of anger

Add a task to a busy person's plate, and it will get done in short order. Add a task to the plate of someone with nothing to do, and it will never get done.

Never blame what you are on what someone else is.

Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.

There is no greater blessing than a family hand that lifts you from a fall; but there is not lower curse than a family hand that strikes you when you're down.

By life's very nature we are compelled to find and maintain balance, or be subject to the symptoms of the lack thereof.

The deepest bonds of unity are forged through the trial of competing ideals that have compatible values.