Family – it’s a word that carries an abundance of warmth, love, and a sense of belonging. Our families are the tapestries of our lives, weaving together memories, support, and the foundation of who we are. They are the ones who stand by us through thick and thin, sharing in our joys and comforting us in our sorrows.
In this collection of 92 quotes, we dive deep into the heart of what family truly means. From renowned authors and philosophers to everyday individuals who have experienced the profound impact of family, these quotes are a tribute to the enduring bonds that tie us together.
As you journey through these pages, you’ll find words that resonate with your own experiences, reminding you of the precious moments spent with loved ones and the profound influence your family has had on your life. Whether you’re here to reminisce, to find comfort, or simply to celebrate the beauty of family, these quotes are here to embrace you like a warm, familiar hug.
So, let’s embark on this heartwarming exploration of family, rekindling the love and gratitude we hold for those who are our pillars of strength.
- Treat your family like friends and your friends like family. Unknown
- It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it. Peter Buffett
- Family isn’t an important thing. It’s everything. Michael J. Fox
- Family makes a house a home. Jennifer Hudson
- Being loved no matter what. Unknown
- Where life begins and love never ends. Unknown
- A little bit of crazy, a little bit of loud and a whole lot of love. Unknown
- Home is the nicest word there is. Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Home is where your story begins. Unknown
- Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst. Marjorie Pay Hinckley
- Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. Michael Levine
- Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor. Marge Kennedy
- The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. Frank A. Clark
- The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. Confucius
- Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there anymore. Robin Hobb
- Home should be an anchor, a port in a storm, a refuge, a happy place in which to dwell, a place where we are loved and where we can love. Marvin J. Ashton
- In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. Alex Haley
- Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Charles R. Swindoll
- I’ve learned through the years that it’s not where you live, it’s the people who surround you that make you feel at home. J.B. McGee
- You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges. Elizabeth Berg
- When we have each other, we have everything. Unknown
- The family is the first essential cell of human society. Pope John XXIII
- You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. Anita Baker
- I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other. Jet Li
- We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. Henry Ward Beecher
- I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S. Truman
- Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave. Martin Luther
- Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. H. Jackson Brown Jr
- Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. Angela Schwindt
- To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons. Marilyn French
- Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and to mankind is to bring up a family. George Bernard Shaw
- Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us hope for tomorrow. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, or well-managed, can provide what our families provide. Bill Owens
- Your family is the most important business you’ll ever run. Unknown
- If you want lasting influence in the world, influence your family. Bob Goff
- I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck
- When you love what you have, you have everything you need. Unknown
- In time of test, family is best. Burmese proverb
- The family is one of nature’s masterpieces. George Santayana
- An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. Spanish proverb
- A happy family is but an earlier heaven. George Bernard Shaw
- Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life. Albert Einstein
- Family is everything. Christiano Ronaldo
- Family is the most important thing in the world. Princess Diana
- Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream. George W. Bush
- Family and health are above everything. Gal Shapira
- Friends are God’s way of apologizing for your family. Wayne Dyer
- There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe. Ben Carson
- Children learn to smile from their parents. Shinichi Suzuki
- Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family. Unknown
- Find your tribe. Love them hard. Unknown
- Together is my favorite place to be. Unknown
- The love of family is life’s greatest blessing. Unknown
- Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. Queen Elizabeth II
- The family is not only an institution, but a foundation, the foundation of nearly all institutions. G.K. Chesterton
- A man should never neglect his family for business. Walt Disney
- The most important thing in the world is family and love. John Wooden
- The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. Thomas Jefferson
- After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations. Oscar Wilde
- Poor folks have neither any kindred nor any friends. Italian proverb
- If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace. Thich Nhat Hanh
- The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. Billy Graham
- I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands. Zsa Zsa Gabor
- A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
- With all my fans I got a family again. Tupac Shakur
- Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home. Anthony Liccione
- The family is the nucleus of civilization. Will Durant
- A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. George A Moore
- Families are like branches on a tree – we grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. Unknown
- Your children need your presence more than your presents. Jesse Jackson
- Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. H. Jackson Brown Jr
- I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. Abraham Lincoln
- Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family. J.S. Bryan
- There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained. Winston Churchill
- Think of your family today and every day thereafter, don’t let the busy world of today keep you from showing how much you love and appreciate your family. Josiah
- Your greatest contribution may not be something you do but someone you raise. Unknown
- The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Your parents miss you and wish you’d call. Later you’ll miss them and wish you could. Paul Graham
- Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. Carl Jung
- I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. Walt Whitman
- A man can’t make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree. Helen Keller
- What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us. Ted Kennedy
- Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. Anthony Brandt
- I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. Deborah Norville
- The family you create is more important than the family you come from. Unknown
- It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare
- The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. Denis Waitley
- The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. Lee Iacocca
- I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. J.R.R. Tolkien
- The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. C.S. Lewis
- As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. Pope John Paul II
- You don’t choose your family. They are god’s gift to you, as you are to them. Desmond Tutu