50 quotes about what family means to us

50 quotes about family

1. "The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family." — Mother Teresa
2. “Children do not need us to shape them. They need us to respond to who they are.” — Naomi Aldort
3. "In raising my children, I have lost my mind but found my soul." — Lisa T. Shepherd
4. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox
5. “It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” — Peter Buffett
6. "Sometimes, family is a group of people who make you feel less alone and really loved." — Carlos Wallace
7. "The love of a family is life's greatest blessing." — Eva Burrows
8. "Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what." — Dez Del Rio
9. "Without family, you've got nothing." — Dom Toretto
10. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
11. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” — George Burns
12. “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.” ― Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
13. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
14. “Healthy families resolve conflict without coercion, shaming, or violence.” — bell hooks
15. "Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy." — Jenna Morasca
16. "Family is where life begins and love never ends." — Oprah Winfrey
17. "Family is a blessing. Just keep saying that when you are irritated by something a family member says." — Marcelina Hardy
18. "The family is one of nature's masterpieces." — George Santayana
19. "Family is not solely about blood. It's about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most." — Andy Cohen
20. "The best part about being in a chosen family is that they're the family you get to choose." — Jessie Pavelka
21. "Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds; they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
22. "Your family is the group you're born into, but your chosen family are the people you pick to be with you along the way." — Jessica Lang
23. "The family you choose can sometimes be closer than the one you're born into." — Oprah Winfrey
24. "The beauty of chosen family is that it transcends societal norms and celebrates the uniqueness of each individual relationship." — Andy Cohen
25. "The family is a haven in a heartless world." — Christopher Lasch
26. "In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm." — Isaac Rosenfeld
27. "Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache." — Iyanla Vanzant
28. "Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse... and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum." — Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters
29. "When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family." — Jim Butcher
30. "Family is not defined by our genes, it is built and maintained through love, respect, and acceptance." — Amalia Gavea
31. "Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice." — Reinhold Niebuhr
32. “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” —Lee Iacocca
33. “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”— George Bernard Shaw, Immaturity
34. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” — Albert Einstein
35. “This is my family. I found it all on my own. It’s little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good.” — Stitch, Lilo & Stitch
36. "I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other." — Jet Li
37. "Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten." — David Ogden Stiers
38. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.” ― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
39. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.” — George A. Moore
40. “Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.” ― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
41. “This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.” —Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
42. “Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.” ― Pierce Brown, Golden Son
43. “Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.” ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
44. “I sustain myself with the love of family.” ― Maya Angelou
45. “Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley
46. “Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.” ― Mitch Albom
47. “You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life.” ― Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook
48. “Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.” — Christopher Paolini, Eldest
49. “We must take care of our families wherever we find them.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert
50. “Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.” ― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche