Family Quotes

"The car trip can draw the family together, as it was in the days before television when parents and children actually talked to each other." Andrew H. Malcolm

"Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever." George Carlin, from How To Stay Young

"When I think of any of my successes, I am thankful to God from whom all blessings flow, and to my family and friends who enrich my life." Author Unknown, from May This Encourage You, Always

"Our attitude determines so much. It affects not only us, but it affects those around us, our family, our friends, and our co-workers." Catherine Pulsifer

"Just as a house needs a foundation in order to stand firm, so does a person." Jacquie McTaggart

"My family provided me with the proper information and inspiration for me to overcome the challenge of blindness." David DeNotaris

"Family life is full of major and minor crises - the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce -- and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It's difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul." Thomas Moore

"While at work, keep a picture of your family on your desk.
This reminds you that there is another world of yours at home." M. K. Soni

"The family is one of nature's masterpieces." George Santayana

"And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family,
for they have helped make you the person that you are today." Author Unknown, from I Have a Friend

"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live." John Paul II

"Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted."Paul Pearshall

"It takes ONE FAMILY to make a difference in this COMMUNITY.
It takes ONE PERSON to make a difference in this FAMILY." Nisandeh Neta

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well dance with it." George Bernard Shaw

"...though our family life was simple, I wasn't aware that we were poor. Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love." Yanni, from Yanni in Words

"Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success." Og Mandino

"The whole world is one family." Sun Yat-sen

"Money was real hard to come by. My grandmother managed to keep the family together through the years, although I don't know how." Author Unknown, from The Vase

"What the family lacked in money and material things, they more than made up for in love and family unity." Thomas Pucci, from Bobby's Dime

"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give." Thomas Jefferson