If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.
Interpretation
Promoting values of tolerance, respect, and equity within families can lead to positive societal changes.
This quote emphasizes the foundational role that family values play in shaping the larger societal framework. When families embrace tolerance, respect, and equity, these principles extend beyond the home, influencing communities, nations, and ultimately impacting global interactions and societal norms.
In practice
In a speech promoting community values, one might say this quote to highlight the importance of family.
If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.
Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world's disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?
People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what β and who β we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.
Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.
Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important.
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
Tell me, do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.
We as parents are our children's first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health. ...We can't lie around on the couch eating French fries and candy bars and expect our kids to eat carrots and run around the block.
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.