A man is not really a true man until he owns his own home, and they that own their homes are made more honorable and honest and pure, true and economical and careful, by owning the home. Russell Conwell Acres of Diamonds (1915)
Who has not felt how sadly sweetThe dream of home, the dream of home,Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet,When far o'er sea or land we roam? Thomas Moore Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)
In the homes of America are born the children of America; and from them go out into American life, American men and women. They go out with the stamp of these homes upon them; and only as these homes are what they should be, will they be what they should be. Josiah Gilbert Holland
Home is the resortOf love, of joy, of peace, and plenty; whereSupporting and supported, polished friendsAnd dear relations mingle into bliss. James Thomson The Seasons (1726)
Having been ripped open and drained by the crowdwhen I enter my home,many homes seem to be waiting for meto give a shape to this lifewhich is about to perish. Suman Pokhrel
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor,The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;The chest contriv'd a double debt to pay,A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day. Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village (1770)
When the hornet hangs in the hollyhock,And the brown bee drones i' the rose,And the west is a red-streaked four-o'-clockAnd summer is near its close—It's—Oh for the gate and the lotus laneAnd dusk and dew and home again! Madison Cawein
Appeles us'd to paint a good housewife upon a snayl; which intimated that she should be as slow from gadding abroad, and when she went she should carry her house upon her back; that is, she should make all sure at home. James Howell Parly of Beasts (1660)
Keep the home near heaven. Let it face toward the Father's house. Not only let the day begin and end with God, with mercies acknowledged and forgiveness sought, but let it be seen and felt that God is your chiefest joy, His will in all you do the absolute and sufficient reason. James Hamilton
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail—its roof may shake—the wind may blow through it—the storm may enter—the rain may enter—but the King of England cannot enter!—all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,Be it ever so humble, there 's no place like home;A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,Which sought through the world is ne'er met with elsewhere. John Howard Payne
The home came from heaven. Modeled on the Father's house and the many mansions, and meant the one to be a training place for the other, the home is one of the gifts of the Lord Jesus — a special creation of Christianity. James Hamilton
I rushed to Motherclasped her in a tight embrace, andwith resolute tones, proclaimed,'Mother! I'll never make another home!I'll stay forever young! ' Sanu Sharma
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;Home-keeping hearts are happiest,For those that wander they know not whereAre full of trouble and full of care;To stay at home is best. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
My lodging is in Leather-Lane,A parlor that's next to the sky;'Tis exposed to the wind and the rain,But the wind and the rain I defy. William Barnes Rhodes
Then I said in my heart, "Come home with me, beloved — there is but one home for us all. When we find — in proportion as each of us finds that home, shall we be gardens of delight to each other — little chambers of rest — galleries of pictures — wells of water." George MacDonald
You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood, … back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame … back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time -- back home to the escapes of Time and Memory. Thomas Wolfe You Can't Go Home Again (1940)
At night returning, every labour sped,He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveysHis children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard,Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Oliver Goldsmith The Traveller (1764)
Subduing and subdued, the petty strife,Which clouds the colour of domestic life;The sober comfort, all the peace which springsFrom the large aggregate of little things;On these small cares of daughter, wife or friend,The almost sacred joys of home depend. Hannah More