600 Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Short Sayings (2023)

1. “You can eat and drink with your family but not count and measure.”

2. “Families aren’t easy to join. They’re like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands, and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.” – Erma Bombeck

3. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” ~ Richard Bach

4. “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” –Lee Iacocca

5. “We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.” — Coco

6. “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.” ~ Pierce Brown7. “The capacity for friendship is God’s way of apologizing for our families.” ~ Jay McInerney

8. “Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” ― Anthony Brandt

9. “Family, we may not have it all together, but together we have it all.”

10. “A family in harmony will prosper in everything.”

11. “I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance—waiting for the bathroom.” — Bob Hope

12. “When God Created Mothers"

13. “I sustain myself with the love of family.” ~Maya Angelou

14. The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. — George Carlin

15. “The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

16. “Families are like fudge–mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” — Les Dawson

17. “Family is where life begins, and love never ends.”

18. “Happiness [is] only real when shared”

19. “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” –Brad Henry

20. “Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”

21. “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” — Lee Iacocca

22. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy

23. “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” ― George Bernard Shaw

24. “The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions.” — Robert Brault

25. “Family: a social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” – Evan Esar

26. A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all. — Brad Pitt

27. “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 that would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what.”

28. “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” — Walt Disney

29. The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden

30. “In time of test, family is best.” –Burmese Proverb

31. “If the family is together, the soul is in the right place.”

32. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” — Leo Tolstoy

33. “In times of test, the family is the best.” – Burmese proverb

34. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching – they are your family.” – Jim Butcher

35. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Santayana

36. “Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.” -Martin Mull

37. “Obviously, if I was serious about having a relationship with someone long-term, the last people I would introduce him to would be my family.”— Chelsea Handler

38. “The family is God’s great masterpiece.”

39. “The outfit doesn’t matter. The smiling family does.”

40. “Having one kid makes you a parent. Having two kids makes you a referee.”— David Frost

41. “Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” –Stitch

42. “A family reunion is an effective form of birth control.” — Robert A. Heinlein43. “Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” — Gail Lumet Buckley

44. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” — George A. Moore

45. The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. — Robert Frost46. “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”

47. “Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.”

48. “The family is the school of duties… founded on love.” — Felix Adler

49. A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it. — Mary Karr

50. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” ― Desmond Tutu

51. “A man should never neglect his family for business.” ~ Walt Disney

52. “Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.”

53. “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues… are created, strengthened and maintained.” — Winston Churchill

54. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” —George Moore, novelist. This family raised a baby goose for a year—20 years later, it returned home.

55. “No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”

56. “If you have a family that loves you, a few good friends, food on your table and a roof over your head, then you are richer than you think.”

57. “The memories we make with our family is everything.” –Candace Cameron Bure

58. “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career.” ― C.S. Lewis

59. “Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.”― Napoleon Bonaparte

60. “Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family.” — Paul Pearsall

61. “A family is a little world created with love.”

62. “In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” —Alex Haley, author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Read 35 life-changing quotes you won’t forget.

63. “My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” –Michael Imperioli

64. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” –John Wooden

65. “Some people are worth melting for.” – Olaf

66. “Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.” — Wanda Hope Carter67. “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” –Barbara Bush68. A happy family is but an earlier heaven. - George Bernard Shaw

69. “Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” – Stitch

70. “A dog shows affection even to a poor family.”

71. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” —Lisa Weed, author of Parenting Toolbox. Like these family quotes, these uplifting quotes will stay with you for a long time.

72. “Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.” — Martin Mull

73. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.”

74. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” —Richard Bach, writer. RD.COM

75. “My family is my strength and my weakness.” ~ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

76. The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach

77. “The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.” ~ Robert Frost

78. “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

79. “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only-and that is to support the ultimate career.” ~ C.S. Lewis

80. “The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.” –Marge Kennedy

81. “Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.”

82. “Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.” — Donna Hedges

83. “None but a mule denies his family.”

84. “I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.” — Jet Li

85. “Insanity is hereditary: you can get it from your children.”

86. “Being part of a family means smiling for photos.” –Harry Morgan

87. “The one who first shuts up in an argument is from a good family.”

88. “I was normal two kids ago.”

89. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

90. “You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.”91. “The strength of family isn’t determined by the number of members, but rather by the amount of love given and received.”

92. “Everyone needs to live in a house. But, having the love and support of your family? That is what makes your house a home.” — Anthony Liccione

93. “The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.” — Clare Boothe Luce

94. “The family is link to our past, bridge to our future.”95. ¨There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.¨ — Jerry Seinfeld96. “If we abandon marriage, we abandon the family.” — Michael Enzi

97. “A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it.” — Mary Karr

98. “Families are like fudge–mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” ~ Les Dawson

99. “Children get values, principles and etiquettes from their family. Ensure to nurture good ones.” ~ Invajy

100. “Thanksgiving―when the people who are the most thankful are the ones who didn’t have to cook.” — Melanie White

101. “The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness.” —Nancy Mitford, novelist. Find out the 18 skills you learn growing up in a big family.

102. “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” –Walt Disney103. “Some call it chaos, we call it family.”

104. “My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” – Michael Imperioli

105. “There is nothing better than coming home, enjoying good food, and relaxing with family.” - Sayings.

106. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana

107. “Family is not defined by our genes, it is built and maintained through love.”

108. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” ~ Jonathan Foer

109. “Family isn’t whose blood you carry. It’s who you love and who loves you back.”

110. “Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” –Evan Esar

111. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” — Desmond Tutu

112. “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” –Romans 12:9

113. “Friends are the family you choose.”― Jess C. Scott

114. “Family ties are like spider webs. They are delicate, yet so strong, And if they are broken or destroyed, They can be woven again.” ~ Kelly Roper

115. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” — Albert Einstein

116. “There is no such thing as a "broken family." Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.”

117. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” – Irina Shayk

118. “Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” ~ Anthony Liccione

119. “At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, a parent.”

120. “The family is the first essential cell of human society.” – Pope John XXIII

121. “Families are like fudge — mostly sweet with a few nuts.” — Unknown

122. ¨A man should never neglect his family for business." — Walt Disney

123. “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry

124. “Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”― Pierce Brown

125. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” —Mother Teresa. Don’t miss these 12 other Mother Teresa quotes to live by.

126. “When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” — Guy Lafleur

127. “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

128. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” ~ Mother Teresa

129. “Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” ~ David Ogden Stiers

130. “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”

131. “I would rather start a family than finish one.” — Don Marquis

132. “I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.” ~ Deborah Norville

133. “I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”~ Matt Groening

134. “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, novelist. You’ll want to read these uplifting quotes again and again.

135. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.”― Jonathan Safran Foer

136. “In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.” —Anna Quindlen, journalist and author. If you like these funny family quotes, check out our favorite funny quotes and our favorite funny friendship quotes.

137. “The trouble with the family is that children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.” — Evan Esar

138. “The world, we’d discovered, doesn’t love you like your family loves you.” — Louis Zamperini139. “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” ~ Mario Puzo

140. “For happiness in life behave with your family members like a friend and your friends like a family.” ~ Invajy

141. “The love in our family flows strong and deep, leaving us memories to treasure and keep.” —Anonymous

142. “When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.” — Erma Bombeck

143. “Family values are a little like family vacations -— subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time. Though it rained all week at the beach, it’s often the momentary rainbows that we remember.” – Leslie Dreyfous

144. “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

145. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. ”

146. “No family is perfect, we argue, we fight. We even stop talking to each other at times, but in the end, family is a family, the love will always be there.”

147. “Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.” — Cary Grant

148. “I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.” — Barbara Bush

149. “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” – Mario Puzo

150. “The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.” – Marge Kennedy

151. “Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!”― Stieg Larsson

152. “If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles. – Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Family and Politics

153. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” – Lisa Weed154. “The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst. ~ Marge Kennedy

155. “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.”

156. “Blended families are made by choice, but it’s the love that strengthens them.” ~ Jennifer Betts

157. “Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them. Make it known to your friends and family that you love them.” ~ Germany Kent

158. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” –Lisa Weed

159. “Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. And having both is a blessing.”

160. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching–they are your family.” — Jim Butcher

161. “Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.”

162. “Family is an anchor during rough waters.”

163. “If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles." – Letty Cottin Pogrebin

164. “Where there is a family, there is sacrifices, happiness and love for others.” ~ Invajy

165. “Boy: My father’s name is LAUGHING and my mother’s name is SMILING.

166. “Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).”

167. “It’s all about the quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” — Philip Green

168. “That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.” ― Deb Caletti

169. So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. — Haniel Long

170. “Family members are the relations where life begins and love never ends.” ~ Invajy

171. “We are more than family. We are like a really small gang.”

172. “Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family.” ~ Peter Pearsall173. “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

174. “In time of test, family is best.” — Burmese Proverb

175. “The love of family and the admiration of friends are much more important than wealth and privilege.” — Charles Kuralt176. “My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family.” — Siri Hustvedt

177. “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.”

178. “I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.” — Rodney Dangerfield

179. “The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”

180. “Family: where life begins and love never ends.” —Anonymous. Like short family quotes, you can also memorize these 50 Chinese proverbs worth reciting.

181. “Family life offers the greatest gift of being intimately acquainted with people you might never introduce yourself to.” - Sayings.

182. “One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”

183. “Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.” –Wanda Hope Carter

184. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” — Richard Bach

185. “I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”― Walt Whitman

186. “There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.” ― Shannon L. Alder

187. “A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other’s individual aims and aspirations.” — Buzz Aldrin

188. “Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.” - Donna Hedges.

189. “Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them.”

190. “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” — Brad Henry

191. “Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.” ~ Wanda Hope Carter

192. “In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time.”

193. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” –Richard Bach

194. “If you think I’m crazy, wait till you meet my family.”

195. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” —Leo Tolstoy, novelistRD.COM

196. “Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.” ~ George W. Bush

197. “Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.”198. “Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” ~ Marjorie Pay Hinckley

199. “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

200. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” –Desmond Tutu

201. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” —Albert Einstein.

202. “Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet--”

203. “My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.”

204. “You need a strong family because, at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally.” ~ Esha Gupta205. “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” — George Bernard Shaw

206. “Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.”

207. “Blended families: woven together by choice, strengthened together by love, tested by everything, and each uniquely ours.”

208. “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.” ~ Anonymous

209. “Family is not something supposed to be static or set. People may marry in or divorce out. They’re born, and they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.” - Sayings.

210. ¨Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.¨ — Margaret Mead

211. “You can’t choose your family, but you can ignore their phone calls.”

212. “I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching, they are your family” ~ Jim Butcher

213. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” ~ Irina Shayk

214. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” —Friedrich Nietzsche.

215. “All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”

216. “In my family, crazy doesn’t skip a generation.”

217. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” —Lisa Weed, author of Parenting Toolbox.

218. “Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — David Ogden Stiers

219. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching–they are your family.” – Jim Butcher

220. “Family ties mean that no matter how much you might want to run from your family, you can’t.”

221. “You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it’s all about family.” — Rod Stewart

222. “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of humans, are created, strengthened and maintained.” -Winston Churchill

223. “You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” —Elizabeth Berg, author of The Confession Club. Make happy memories with these mini family vacations won’t break the bank.

224. “Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something.”― Chuck Palahniuk225. “Family is the most important thing in the world.” — Princess Diana

226. “A man should never neglect his family for business.” — Walt Disney227. “You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.” — Anita Baker

228. “I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends, and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.” — Lil’ Kim

229. “I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”

230. “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” —Jane Howard

231. “It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett

232. My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct. — Jodi Picoult

233. “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” ~ Jesse Jackson

234. “In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb235. “Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.” ~ Sarah Dessen

236. “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” - Barbara Bush.

237. “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, former prime minister of the United Kingdom.

238. “Every family tree has some sap!”

239. “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

240. “Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” – Mitch Albom

241. “Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.” —Trenton Lee Stewart, author. These 63 best friend quotes sum up the value of friendship.

242. “My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family.” ~ Siri Hustvedt

243. “Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” — Anthony Liccione

244. “Because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I look at you and I’m home.”

245. “Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” ~ Evan Esar

246. “A family is a bunch of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.” – Robert Brault

247. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” — Mother Teresa248. “Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.”

249. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” – Lisa Weedn

250. “A recipe for love – a spoonful of smiles, a jar of joy, a cup of kisses and a handful of hugs.”

251. “Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” – Gail Lumet Buckley

252. “The love in our family flows strong and deep, leaving us memories to treasure and keep.”

253. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. The most important thing in the world is family and love.”

254. “That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”― Deb Caletti

255. “At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.” – Mark V.Olsen256. “At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.” ~ Mark V. Olsen

257. “A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.” ~ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

258. “Our family is a circle of strength of love, with every birth and every union the circle grows.”

259. “A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.” — Brad Pitt

260. To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. — Barbara Bush

261. “It didn’t matter how big our house was, but it mattered that there was love in it.” ~ Peter Buffett

262. “‘Ohana’ means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” —Lilo & Stitch

263. “The bond that keeps the family together is not made of blood but out of love and respect.”

264. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” —George Santayana, philosopher. Read 50 of the most beautiful nature quotes.

265. “Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” – Anthony Liccione

266. “Some people are worth melting for.” –Olaf

267. “That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.”~ Deb Caletti

268. “Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” –John C. Maxwell

269. “This is my family. I found it all on my own. It’s little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good.” –Stitch

270. “My family is tempermental. Half temper, half mental.”

271. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ― George Burns

272. “The length of one’s days matters less than the love of one’s family and friends.”

273. “Family: we may not have it all together, but together we have it all.”

274. “Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they’re driving you crazy. As much as they make you mad, interrupt you, annoy you, curse at you, try to control you, these are the people who know you the best and who love you.” ~ Jenna Morasca

275. “My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.” ― Rick Riordan

276. “Live your life with love as your guiding principle—keep your family and close friends close.” ~ Barbara Bush

277. My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family. — Siri Hustvedt

278. “Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. And, having both is a blessing.” ~ Donna Hedges

279. “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.”

280. “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” ~ Mother Teresa

281. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” — George Burns

282. “Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion.” — Niki Taylor

283. “A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.” —Ogden Nash, poet.

284. “Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” —Marjorie Pay Hinckley, author.

285. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” ~Albert Einstein

286. “Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.”― Ann Brashares287. “There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy, or more exasperated, or more secure.” – Jim Butcher

288. “One’s family is the most important thing in life.” — Robert Byrd

289. “Friends are the family you choose.” ― Jess C. Scott

290. “Family makes you who you are and aren’t.” – Marcelina Hardy

291. “From vanity to insanity, no one knows you better than your family.”

292. I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. — José Carreras

293. “Family: our sanity might be debatable, but our bond is unbreakable.”

294. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.

295. “Family is the heart of a home.”

296. “Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.” ― Ann Brashares

297. “Because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I look at you and I’m home.” ~ Finding Nemo

298. “Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion.” – Niki Taylor

299. “A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.” —Ogden Nash, poet. For more funny family quotes and moments, check out our favorite funny family movies.

300. “Our family is a circle of strength of love with every birth and every union the circle grows.”

301. “The family is the first essential cell of human society.” — Pope John XXIII

302. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” — Lisa Weed

303. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ~ George Burns

304. “I sustain myself with the love of family.”― Maya Angelou

305. “In the time of the test, a family is best.” ~ Burmese Proverb

306. “The family is the nucleus of civilization.” — William J. Durant

307. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach

308. “Treat your family like friends and your friends like family.”

309. “That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.” —Deb Caletti, novelist

310. “The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” – Dodie Smith

311. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” ~ Khalil Gibran

312. “Together, we make a beautiful family.” — Unknown

313. “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 any more.”― Robin Hobb

314. “In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.” — Alex Haley

315. “Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something.”

316. “Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.” ~ Jim Rohn

317. “Your parents miss you and wish you’d call. Later you’ll miss them and wish you could.” ~ Paul Graham

318. “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.”– Brad Henry

319. “Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.” ~ Anonymous

320. “I am blessed to have so many great things in my life — family, friends, and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.” ― Lil Kim

321. “Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

322. “When in doubt, choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work.”

323. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” ~ George Santayana

324. “When we have each other, we have everything.” —Anonymous. Sometimes short family quotes say it the best. Check out the funniest family vacation stories that you’ll relate to.

325. “Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.” ~ Anonymous

326. “The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.” ~ George Carlin

327. “The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.” — Marge Kennedy

328. “Being part of a family means smiling for photos.” — Harry Morgan

329. “You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” —Frederick Buechner, novelist. These are the 12 questions you’ll want to ask your parents before it’s too late.

330. “Love your family. Spend time, be kind & serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & today is short.” ~ Anonymous

331. “Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.” —Anonymous. Read these amazing dad quotes for Father’s Day.

332. “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

333. “I didn’t give you the gift of life, but life gave me the gift of you.”

334. “Family gives you the roots to stand tall and strong.” ~ Anonymous

335. “The memories we make with our family is everything.” ~ Candace Cameron Bure

336. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” - Lisa Weed.

337. “We are family / I got all my sisters with me.”

338. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” —George Burns, comedian. Maybe hold off from sharing these funny family quotes with those family members.

339. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” — Eva Burrows

340. “Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts.” — Wayne Huizenga

341. “Marriage is to family what legs are to a table.” — Betty Jane Wylie

342. “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” — Barbara Bush

343. “It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family.” — Menacheim Begin

344. “A family is a bunch of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.” ~ Robert Brault

345. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” –Friedrich Nietzsche

346. “I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.” ~ Reba McEntire

347. “Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song.”

348. “Like the seaweed that clings to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis.”– Indonesian proverb

349. “Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — Stitch

350. “We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.” ~ Coco

351. “My family begins with me, your family ends with you.”

352. “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career. ”

353. “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.”

354. “The bigger your family, the bigger your problems.”

355. “Caller ID was invented for family screening.”

356. “Families are like fudge—mostly sweet with a few nuts.” —Les Dawson, comedian.RD.COM

357. “You need a rock-solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.” — Lilly Singh

358. “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” — Mario Puzo

359. “My dear young cousin, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.” ― Rick Riordan

360. “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” – Walt Disney

361. “You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” — Elizabeth Berg

362. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” – Albert Einstein

363. “In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” —Alex Haley, author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family.RD.COM

364. “Where there is family, there is love.”

365. “Families may be messy, but in the end, they're family. Sometimes, the best we can do is to remind ourselves that we're related for better or worse, and attempt to keep the maiming and killing as low as possible.” - Unknown.

366. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” ~ John Wooden

367. “I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.”

368. “I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.” — Reba McEntire

369. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

370. ¨You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.¨ — Desmond Tutu

371. “Family where life begins and love never ends.”

372. “Family is the biggest support system in the times of trouble.” ~ Invajy

373. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.¨ — Khalil Gibran

374. “I have learned that to be with those I like is enough”

375. “Some people are worth melting for.” — Olaf in "Frozen"

376. “When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” ~ Guy Lafleur377. “A 2-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.”— Jerry Seinfeld

378. In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.— Alex Haley

379. “Being part of a family means smiling for photos.”

380. “With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.” ~ Michelle Obama

381. “My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” ~ Michael Imperioli

382. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” —Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher. If you love these family quotes, be sure to check out these heartwarming Mother’s Day quotes with your mom.

383. “Family life is the source of the greatest human happiness.” — Robert J. Havighurst

384. “Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.” — J.S. Bryan

385. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” –Irina Shayk

386. “Family is family.” –Linda Linney

387. “Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends.” – Courtland Milloy

388. “It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” –Peter Buffett

389. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” ~ George Moore

390. “There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.” — Jerry Seinfeld

391. “In truth, a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.” —Marge Kennedy, author of Pets at the White House. These funny family photos are hilariously awkward.

392. “Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” — John C. Maxwell

393. “Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — Stitch from "Lilo & Stitch"

394. “Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.” ~ Anonymous

395. “Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” ~ Misty Copeland

396. “Family is family.” — Linda Linney

397. “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”— George Bernard Shaw398. “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – George Bernard Shaw

399. “Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.”― Rick Riordan

400. “The family is the center of life, and it is the key to eternal happiness.” – L.Tom Perry

401. “Being part of a family means smiling for photos.” ~ Harry Morgan

402. “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” – Lee Iacocca

403. “The family is a haven in a heartless world.” — Christopher Lasch

404. Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. — Paul Pearsall

405. “A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.” — Buddha

406. “I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.” — Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford

407. “The greatest gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you.” ~ Kendall Hailey

408. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” –George Santayana

409. “Let us nurture the practice of family values, by embracing policies that value families.” ~ Benjamin Todd

410. “I may not always be with you

411. “There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.” ~ Jerry Seinfeld412. “Having a child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.”

413. “If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have had them first.” — Lois Wyse

414. “What passes for normality in my family just might defy the laws of gravity.”

415. “Family is just accident. They don’t mean to get on your nerves. They don’t even mean to be your family, they just are.” – Marsha Norman

416. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox

417. “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” –Jane Howard

418. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. — Menacheim Begin

419. I don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family. — Reba McEntire

420. “You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” —Elizabeth Berg, author of The Confession Club.

421. “A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.” ~ Vito Corleone

422. “That sounds terrific, thought Cary, just you, your comatose wife your shell-shocked son, and your daughter who hates your guts. Not to mention that your two kids may be in love with each other. Yeah, that sounds like a perfect family reunion.” ― Cassandra Clare

423. “My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” — Michael Imperioli

424. “It’s all about the quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” – Philip Green

425. “Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” ~ Gail Lumet Buckley

426. “Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion.”

427. “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

428. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching – they are your family.” ~ Jim Butcher

429. “Families are like fudge—mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” — Les Dawson

430. “As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” — Buddy Hackett

431. “The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements but rather with the things we do for the people we love and esteem.” —Walt Disney.

432. “I sustain myself with the love of my family.” -Maya Angelou

433. “A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.” ~ Brad Pitt

434. “Connections within a family are powerful forces of nature.” ~ Anonymous

435. “The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.” — Robert Frost

436. “The greatest gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you.” — Kendall Hailey

437. “Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” —Anthony Brandt, composer. For more family quotes, read up on these mother-daughter quotes and mother-son quotes.

438. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” —Mother Teresa, humanitarian.439. “The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness.” — Nancy Mitford440. “In my family, crazy is relative. All of them.”

441. You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges. — Elizabeth Berg

442. “My family was my guide to my reality.” – Haywood Nelson

443. “The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint is not intended.” —Robert Frost, poet. Next, check out these sweet grandma quotes.

444. “Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.” ~ Michael J. Fox445. “I know every family has its problems, but I admire those that stick together.” ~ Karina Barton

446. “Family gives you the roots to stand tall and strong.”

447. “The angel of the Family is Woman. Mother, wife, or sister .” — Giuseppe Mazzini

448. “Tennis is just a game, family is forever.” ~ Serena Williams

449. “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues… are created, strengthened and maintained.” –Winston Churchill

450. “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. Check out these comically candid cartoons about politics and money.

451. “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” ~ Jane Howard

452. “Home is wherever my bunch of crazies is.”

453. “Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.” — Sam Levenson

454. “Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.”

455. “Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

456. “Families keep us grounded when hopelessness surrounds us.” ~ Jennifer Betts457. “A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.” ― Kristin Hannah

458. “The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements but rather with the things we do for the people we love and esteem.” —Walt Disney. These 11 Walt Disney quotes will inspire you to dream big.

459. “My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear, and they are there for me in the good times and bad times.” ~ Kelly Clarkson

460. “Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” ~ J.K. Rowling

461. “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” — George Bernard Shaw

462. “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.”

463. “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

464. “Families are like fudge—mostly sweet with a few nuts.”

465. “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” — Romans 12:9

466. “We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.” –Coco

467. “Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.” — Francis Bacon

468. “Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” ~ David Ogden Stiers

469. “Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.” – Andre Maurois

470. “A family who disagrees, cares.”

471. “If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.” ~ Letty Cottin Pogrebin

472. “Love makes a family.” — Florence Nightingale

473. “In the end, all you’ll ever have in life is your family, so keep them close, while you still have them around.”

474. “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

475. “Family is like that annoying itch you can’t scratch.”

476. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ~ Leo Tolstoy

477. “In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind.”

478. “In time of test, family is best.”

479. “Family knows your flaws but loves you, anyway.”

480. “I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family.” — José Carreras

481. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” — Irina Shayk

482. “Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” –Anthony Brandt

483. “The family–that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” – Dodie Smith

484. “Well, that escalated quickly’ is our family motto.”

485. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” —Richard Bach, writer. These are the 17 secrets of happy families everyone should know.

486. “The magical thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.”

487. “Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” ~ John C. Maxwell

488. “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.” ― C.S. Lewis

489. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer

490. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” –Albert Einstein

491. “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” ~ Walt Disney

492. “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.” ― Ellen DeGeneres

493. “Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.”

494. “Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.”

495. “When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” –Guy Lafleur

496. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” — Jonathan Safran Foer

497. “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.”

498. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” ~ Winnie The Pooh

499. “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” ~ Lisa Weed

500. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” –1 Corinthians 13:4-8

501. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.”

502. “The bonds of family bind us up, support us, and help us. And they also a bond from which it is difficult, perhaps impossible to extricate oneself.” – Neil Gaiman

503. “Family: a little bit crazy, a little bit loud, and a whole lot of love.”

504. “Love starts with family; it is like no other.”

505. “The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be.” – Marianne E.Neifert

506. “A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.” — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich

507. “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” ~ Brad Henry

508. “It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” — Peter Buffett

509. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” ~ Desmond Tutu

510. “When all the dust is settled, and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.” ~ Barbara Bush

511. “Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” — Mitch Albom

512. “You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it’s all about family.” —Rod Stewart, singer. Now that you’ve read these family quotes, curl up with the best book quotes from 50 of our favorite books.

513. “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” —Jane Howard, journalist.

514. “In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.” ~ Alex Haley

515. “Children really can brighten up a house, because they never turn the lights off.” — Ralph Bus

516. “The love of family and the admiration of friends are much more important than wealth and privilege.” ~ Charles Kuralt

517. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” –Michael J. Fox

518. “In truth, a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.”—Marge Kennedy, author of Pets at the White House.

519. “The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing.”

520. “Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.” ~ Bryan

521. “Inspiring passion in family and friends has more enduring value than just staying alive for them.”

522. “A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.”— Ogden Nash

523. “When you love what you have, you have everything you need.”

524. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

525. “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” ― Ellen DeGeneres

526. “It is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities.”

527. “A small family is soon provided for.”

528. “I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” — Erma Bombeck

529. “Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

530. ¨I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”― Matt Groening

531. “There will always be steps you can take toward unity in your blended family. You will make—one step at a time!” ~ Donna Houpe

532. “Love overflows and joy never ends in a home that is blessed with family and friends.”

533. “The family is the first essential cell of human society.” –Pope John XXIII

534. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

535. “Govern a family as you would cook a small fish – very gently.” ~ Chinese Proverb

536. “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” –George Bernard Shaw

537. “The advantage of having only one child is that you always know who did it.” — Erma Bombeck

538. “Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!” ― Stieg Larsson

539. “You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” ~ Elizabeth Berg

540. “I think togetherness is an important ingredient of family life.” — Barbara Bush

541. “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues… are created, strengthened and maintained.” – Winston Churchill

542. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” —Leo Tolstoy, novelist. Families can be difficult, but these forgiveness quotes will help inspire you to let go.

543. “A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.”

544. “Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of just cause, the triumph of truth.” —Menachem Begin, former prime minister of Israel. These stories of foster kids finding forever homes will melt your heart.

545. “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” – Charles Kuralt

546. The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you. — Louis Zamperini

547. “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” ~ Lee Iacocca

548. “So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty.” - Haniel Long.

549. “Family is the most important thing in the world.” ~ Princess Diana

550. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

551. “Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.”

552. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” — John Wooden

553. “Some people are worth melting for.” ~ Olaf

554. “The memories we make with our family is everything.” — Candace Cameron Bure

555. “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” — Jane Howard

556. “Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family.” —Paul Pearsall, neuropsychologist.

557. “A parent will only ever be in 1 of 3 places: in front of you to cheer you on, behind you to have your back, or next to you, so you aren’t walking alone.” – S.Turner

558. “Where there is lasting love, there is a family.” — Shere Hite

559. “True happiness is found in the love of family, neighbors, and truly accepting God.”

560. “Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.” ― Sarah Dessen

561. “An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.” ~ Spanish Proverb562. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” — Khalil Gibran

563. “That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

564. “The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” –Dodie Smith

565. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. — George A. Moore

566. “Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” ~ Anthony Brandt

567. “There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family.” ~ Jim Butcher

568. “Bright families are just like bright colors: When you blend two, you get something beautiful!” ~ Joe King

569. “I realized my family was funny because nobody ever wanted to leave our house.” — Anthony Anderson

570. “In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognise one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.” —Anna Quindlen, journalist and author.

571. “It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.” — Patty Duke572. “Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.” – Wanda Hope Carter

573. “Families are like fudge—mostly sweet with a few nuts.” —Les Dawson, comedian. If you’ve been stuck inside with your family during COVID-19, you’re sure to get a laugh from these quarantine quotes that are actually pretty funny.

574. “Family isn’t defined only by last names or by blood; it’s defined by commitment and by love.” ~ Dave Willis

575. “My family really does come first. It always did and always will.” — Meryl Streep

576. “Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion.” –Niki Taylor

577. “When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” – Guy Lafleur

578. “I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends, and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.” –Lil’ Kim

579. “Family is family.” – Linda Linney

580. “All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.”

581. The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.” ― Jay McInerney

582. “Our family is just one tent away from a full-blown circus.”

583. I think togetherness is an important ingredient of family life.” — Barbara Bush

584. “If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.” — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

585. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” –George Burns

586. Family is the most important thing in the world. — Princess Diana

587. “The family that prays together stays together.“

588. “There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.” ~ Shannon L. Alder589. “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.” ― Pierce Brown

590. “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” —Brad Henry, former governor of Oklahoma. These happiness quotes will inspire you to see the light.

591. “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” ~ Barbara Bush

592. “Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.” – Donna Hedges

593. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” - John Wooden.

594. “Families are like fudge – mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” — Les Dawson

595. “A man can’t make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.” ~ Helen Keller

596. “There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy, or more exasperated, or more secure.” — Jim Butcher

597. “Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.”

598. “It’s all about the quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” –Philip Green

599. “The ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children.”

600. “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.”