Quotes about family traditions and mottos

1. Only when we are harmonious can we be amiable, and everything will prosper when we are harmonious.

2. People cannot always have everything they want, but they can change the status quo through hard work.

3. Be generous and tolerant to others, be diligent and thrifty throughout your life, respect and love each other among neighbors, lead by example at home and never show off.

4. Start a business with hard work, be diligent and thrifty in running a family; never change your mind when you are poor or humble, and never forget to help the poor when you are rich.

5. Children should be taught from an early age that sweetness comes from bitterness, and people should be treated with courtesy. Good steel can withstand the test of fire, and good people can withstand the test of time.

6. Diligent and thrifty in housekeeping, harmony and happiness.

7. Without rules, there is no circle.

8. Get along as equals, respect the old and love the young, be active and down-to-earth, and the family business will prosper.

9. A daughter-in-law should respect her parents-in-law as her own parents. The ancients said: Everyone in life has double parents. So both parents should be treated equally.

10. If you can’t do it, don’t say it. There is no dignity if your words don’t count.

11. Don’t interfere in your children’s affairs, let your children take charge of the family, and don’t pretend to be senior.

12. If your children are disobedient and unfilial, you must first ask yourself whether you are also unfilial to the elderly and whether you have done something wrong. The superiors do not recognize the merits of the parents (the elderly), and the inferiors (the children) do not educate them well.

13. Zhijie couples are grateful to each other and never blame others. The couple in the mind realm are happy. The husband leads his wife to enlightenment, and the wife helps her husband to become virtuous. They are never angry. A couple in the mental world is a ceremonial couple, so they will rule over each other! A couple in the physical world is a couple who beats and scolds, causing trouble throughout their lives.

14. Be content and happy, and take care of your destiny at home. Promote family traditions, praise ancestors' virtues, and educate children and grandchildren to know how to appreciate, be grateful, and repay kindness.

15. To rectify others first, rectify yourself. Parents should first transform their nature into nature and cultivate their nature. Know how to discipline yourself first before you can educate your children. Regardless of whether your children are filial or not, ask yourself whether you are kind or not.

16. The entire family is built on love. A family cannot be established without love. Love is the first condition for starting a family.

17. The husband has the courage to take on the responsibilities of the family and persuade others with reason. If the family makes mistakes, he will feel guilty.

18. The husband should take more care of his father-in-law and his mother-in-law, and the wife should be more filial to her parents-in-law. For example, when buying things for the elderly, the son-in-law should give them to his father-in-law and his mother-in-law in person, and the daughter-in-law should give them to her parents-in-law in person.

19. If you are destined to love someone, you must first understand the other person’s nature. Fulfill each other and complete your duties. Enlighten the other party to play their part. Regardless of restricting the other party's freedom, you should give the other party happiness and not cause trouble to the other party. Complement each other and understand each other's physiology and psychology.

20. If you are selfish, you will secretly do things that go against your conscience and make the whole family troubled. This is not a good man.

21. Only with the Tao can one have virtue; without Tao, there can be no virtue; only with virtue can there be happiness; without virtue, there can be no happiness.