“Nature gives to every time and season unique beauty; from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it’s just a succession of changes so soft and comfortable that we hardly notice the progress.” — Charles Dickens
“There is a harmony in autumn, and a lustre in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen.” — Ernest Hemingway
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained.” — Winston S. Churchill
“In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.” — Marge Kennedy
“When all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.” — Barbara Bush
“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.” — Unknown
“Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness to service.” — Jack Hyles
“In biblical thinking, genuine love exists only when good works are done in a context where God rather than the doer gets the credit.” — Daniel Fuller
“Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.” — C.S. Lewis