Best Family Quotes

As important as family is, it’s sometimes difficult to find the right words to express its importance. Many people have done a great job of that, though. Today, I want to share some of my favorite family quotes … perfect for scrapbooking, cards, and just inspiration.

Best Family Quotes

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

“Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.” Michael J. Fox

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

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

“I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.” Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford,  M*A*S*H

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

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

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

“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

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

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

“The truth is maybe we are just average. But the way I see it — families where parents get up every morning and go to jobs that are hard so they can get their kids through school and through life, and struggle to make it all work and manage to do it with dignity and a little humor — well, that’s not average. That’s extraordinary.” DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler, The Middle

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

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

“Ohana means family — no one gets left behind, and no one is ever forgotten.” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, Lilo & Stitch

“When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.” Joyce Brothers

“An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.” » Spanish Proverb

“Blood’s thicker than water, and when one’s in trouble
Best to seek out a relative’s open arms.”
Author Unknown

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

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

“In a houseful of toddlers and pets, you can start out having a bad day, but you keep getting detoured.” Robert Brault

“What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.” Robert Brault

“We must take care of our families wherever we find them.” Elizabeth Gilbert

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

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

“I love you
You love me
We’re a happy family”
Barney

“And thank you for a house full of people I love. Amen.” Terri Guillemets

“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

“Sometimes the best families are the ones God builds using unexpected pieces of our hearts.” Melanie Shankle

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

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

“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

“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” George Washington Burnap

“What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn’t just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time. Our family of origin, the family we created, and the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them perfect, and we couldn’t expect them to be. You can’t make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build your world from it.” Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” Bo Bennett

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all,nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change” Thich Nhat Hanh

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

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

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” Virginia Satir

“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

“Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.” Rich Riordan

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” Thomas Campbell

“I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.” Maya Angelou

“To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing–I’m sorry, I would rather not go on.” Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” Elbert Hubbard

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

“I may not always be with you
But when we’re far apart
Remember you will be with me
Right inside my heart”
Marc Wambolt, Poems from the Heart

“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.” Mother Teresa

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

Family Word Art Freebies

“To Live in Hearts” Word-Art Freebie (available for printing without watermark)

Fairness Word Art Freebie (available for printing without watermark)

“The Grand Essentials to Happiness” Word Art Freebie (available for printing without watermark)

“I Love You” Word Art Freebie (available for printing without watermark)

“A Happy Family” Word Art Freebie (available for printing without watermark)

If you’d like other family-related quotes, check out my “Best Unconditional Love Quotes,” “Best Parenting Quotes,” “Best Motherhood Quotes,” “Best Mother’s Day Quotes,” and “Best Father’s Day Quotes.”

What is your favorite family quote?

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