Home Quotes

For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Duties I

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

George Moore

The world is a great book; he who never stirs from home reads only a page.

Saint Augustine

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to point us to that realm which is the real and endless home of the heart.

Henry Ward Beeche

They do not leave home without American Express. ... Blame the moral carelessness that parents pass off as the gift of freedom as they cut their children loose like colorful kites and wish them an exciting flight.

Roger Rosenblatt

In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete: being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry.

Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

It used to take courage - - Indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence - - To leave the comforts of home and family and go out into the world seeking adventure. Today there are fewer places to discover, and the real adventure is to stay at home.

Alvaro de Solva

Teach children to be polite and courteous in the home, and, when he grows up, he will never be able to edge his car onto a freeway.

Unknown

When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled altogether behind him.

Francis Bacon, 1597 - 1625

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

Cristion Morgenstern

Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight - Lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere.

Smiley Blanton

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

In politics I am growing indifferent - - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home.

Francois Arouet

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - - - And let the air out of their tires.

Dorothy Parke

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

Dave Thomas

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Dale Carnegie

Home is where the house is.

Child Age 6