Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.

To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be.

Oh I ain't going anywhere. You can't get rid of me.

The truth is many people see a marriage vow as the only way people are going to stay with someone who is sick.

The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.

My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They're loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, 'The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.' Funny thought.

We're a very close family. Nothing changes.

Family to me is foundation. It's the people that you can call on whether you love them or hate them. When push comes to shove, they're there for you, and that's kind of how this family is.

My relationship with my mom is really the single most profound relationship that I've ever had in my life.

To General McChrystal, those men on his team are his family. You know, these guys, they would do anything. They would die for each other.

The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the country in any circumstances whatever.

The princess would never leave without me, and I wouldn’t leave without the King, and the King will never leave..

When you side with a man, you side with him. You have to side with the good and the bad. You must side with him completely.

You're always in love with your best friend. That's why you're best friends.

Belief in God is so deranged that it makes absolutely no sense, but it holds people together somehow.

For me, family comes over and above everything.

We will always be a family. Always.

My dad, who I'm very close to, is one of those men where once you're in, once he loves you, that's it, no questions about it.

My mom would walk through a fire pit for me, and I'd do the same for her.

Every now and then, you get lucky enough to work with some people you feel like you would take a bullet for.

Family, to me, is about surrounding yourself with loved ones and having them by your side, no matter what happens.

My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend.

You know how you hear people say that they had people in their lives who told them they couldn't make it or they couldn't do something? That's not me. That's not my story. My brothers have been there with me since day one. We've been through everything together - good and bad.

For me, the one relationship in my life that I cherish the most has to be the one I share with my parents, especially my mother.