John Eldredge Quotes

The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.

The Government will regard as its first and foremost duty to revive the spirit of unity and cooperation in the nation and to preserve and defend its basic principles of Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life.

No government should ever be big enough to substitute for the family.

My values stemmed from the family. Anything I have achieved in life has been rooted in my upbringing.

Modern society places an emphasis on individual responsibility, whereas Islam places an emphasis on collective responsibility and the family.

'The Godfather' illustrated the family values - the reality that it was really a family thing, honor and tradition. It wasn't just a single-dimension thing.

We're seeing this disintegration of the family movie into these blockbuster things that kids should not be exposed to with explosions, carnage and violence.

Of all the tough decisions in life, choosing between the job you need and the family you love should not be one of them.

I think we give too much importance to artists talking about the art and the film and the books and the plays and the music - it's done; the material is there. But we talk about it because it's part of the game. I'm comfortable with it.

At heart, 'Chef' is a daddy-daycare fable about an overextended man who teaches his 10-year-old son the family business and learns to love him.

In Mormon society and culture, highest values are placed on hard work, thrift, clean living, obedience to the elders and, above all, on the importance of the family.

I care about family issues.

There's something missing in all this new new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to get into a really serious analysis of our culture.

I got very lucky with the family I was born into. From my older sisters to my mother and father, they're just good, kind-hearted people.

I don't just do a movie to do a movie. Of course I want to amuse people, but some of Madea's greatest moments are when she gets to talk about child rearing and bullying and all kinds of things like that.

While the family is under attack throughout the world, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims, promotes, and protects the truth that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

Having a son makes everything so much more easy. You don't worry about golf as much. You don't worry about anything as much. The focus is more on him.

The drive was brief and the conversation limited, but oh, what a legacy of love! Father never read to me from the Bible about the good Samaritan. Rather, he took me with him and Uncle Elias in that old 1928 Oldsmobile and provided a living lesson I have always remembered.

I believe that people of faith by and large have a great interest in the institution of family and that a family is a great place to learn leadership skills. I'm sure I benefited by having a mom and mad, both of whom were actively involved in the community and in various enterprises.

I had a good upbringing.

My mom used to always read Bible scriptures to me and constantly say, 'Charity starts at home.' I always kept that in my mind and watched how it came to reality.

I am very, very, very blessed to have the family that I do.

The family is the foundation of everything.