If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. - James Herriot

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The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. — Robert Frost

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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

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

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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ.

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A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart. – Zeus, Hercules

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Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum. ― Rick Riordan

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In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. - Charles Spurgeon

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Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate. — Viktor E. Frankl

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