56 Family Quotes

Share these family quotes and may they remind you of the importance of these special people in your life. Our families are the people we grew up with, our relationship with them is usually one of love and support.

You will find quotes that we think are the best and reflect the culture today. Also to bring a smile to your face read our funny quotes.

Inspirational family quotes provide inspiring thoughts along with a collection of famous family quotes that offer positive thoughts.

    Best Family Quotes

    What makes a quote the best family quote, or a better question to ask is what makes one's family the best? Is there such a thing as a perfect one? Read the words of wisdom offered by others on these questions.

    While at work, keep a picture of your family on your desk. M. K. Soni
  1. 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
    Work



  2. Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. Queen Elizabeth II
    Best Quotes



    3. We start with our family, we may stray as life goes on but we all end up with our family - appreciate them! Catherine Pulsifer
  3. We start with our family, we may stray as life goes on but we all end up with our family - appreciate them! Catherine Pulsifer
    Appreciation Poems



  4. Staying grounded in our values will help us ride the emotional roller coaster that comes with family life. Giulia Suro, Learning to Thrive
    Motivational Quotes About Life



  5. You must read to your children and you must hug your children and you must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house. Barbara Bush
    Success Quotes



  6. I can't imagine moving out of this life without leaving behind a healthy family - not a perfect family, but generations who will continue to love each other. Our family isn't perfect, but I couldn't be more thrilled with every one of them. Best of all, we enjoy each other. Gary Smalley
    Not Perfect



  7. Children crave to feel needed, valued, and recognized as a part of the family. To a child, belonging means to feel noticed, included, accepted and loved. Richard O'Keef, How to Get Kids to Behave
    Feeling



  8. Many just attribute an unhappy marriage to their inability to persuade, but a marriage and a family is about compromise, understanding, and effort. Dr. Rachel Venturini, How to Persuade
    Effort



    9. Set goals with your family also. Help children learn this process early in life. Meir Liraz
  9. Set goals with your family also. Help children learn this process early in life. Meir Liraz, How to Improve Your Leadership and Management Skills
    Goals



  10. One of the greatest ways to lead your family is to be vulnerable enough to show your emotion. This doesn't mean you need to be out of control, but it does require you to be authentic. Jerrad Lopes, Step Up
    Be Yourself



  11. Teenagers can also be good decision makers at home. When there is a family discussion happening, make sure you include your teenager in the discussion if the topic is healthy enough to involve them. Marvin Ryan, Self Esteem
    Decision



    12. Family consists of people that love and care about each other mutually, and no matter what our background is, we can have people to call family. John Shea
  12. Family consists of people that love and care about each other mutually, and no matter what our background is, we can have people to call family. John Shea, Strategic Empathy
    Love Quotes



  13. In fact, if we admit it, most of us have never bothered to stop for a moment and think what we want our family to look like, or more accurately, with what kind of values we would like to characterize our family. Nurit Levi, Change Your Child`s Negative Behavior
    Thinking



  14. People often stop learning about each other because they feel like they already know all there is to know. Family is notorious for this. C.J. Kruse, Her 28 Day Marriage Challenge
    Learning



  15. In our families, parents save so their kids will have a great foundation for living a better life; because they love them. Pinkie Bagele Taolo, The Letter
    Love and Life



    16. There is no such thing as a perfect family.
  16. There is no such thing as a perfect family. Behind every door there are issues, the difference is accepting and encouraging each family member as they are not as we would like them to be. Catherine Pulsifer
    Encouraging Quotes



  17. Families are the first in our lives, as we grow we drift a bit but always returning to those who love, encourage, and support us the most, our family. Catherine Pulsifer
    Growing Up



  18. When your children are in college, don't treat them as 8-year olds any more. Think of them as young adults and try to maintain a healthy relationship so you'll be a close family five years from now. Lee Binz, Senior Year Step-by-Step
    Relationship Quotes



  19. Because parents are the linchpins of your relationship with your grandchild understanding family relationships and how to deal with them successfully is critically important to being an effective grandparent. Arthur Kornhaber M.D., The Grandparent Guide
    Parents



  20. A few dollars can make the difference to what a family will be able to afford. When you buy food in bulk, it works to reduce the cost of food and helps you to buy more. John Michaels, Learn How To Give On The Cheap
    Make A Difference



  21. Dogs are a gift to us. They are loyal companions, trusted allies and part of the family all rolled into one. Nigel Reed, The Dog Guardian
    Dog Quotes



  22. May I say at this point that every person and ever family has problems and there are problems in everything a person does, the important thing do they really want to do something? John Barrett, SoS-Life Enhancement
    Problem



    23. Family Quotes to Make You Smile

    Families are funny and these quotes reflect just that. We are sure you can relate to some of these quotes and they will leave you with a smile.

    Families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts.
  23. Families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts. Saying
    Funny Sayings



  24. The optimum number of children in a family, the number that's most likely to ensure that your family is a happy one, is the number of children you have right now. Linda Blair, Siblings
    Children



  25. No one's family is normal. Normalcy is a lie invented by advertising agencies to make the rest of us feel inferior. Anita Baker
    Funny Quotes about Life



  26. The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness. Nancy Mitford
    Funny Family Quotes



  27. You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges. Elizabeth Berg
    Funny Quotes



    28. Inspirational Family Quotes

    Be inspired by these quotes. Sometimes we all can use a bit of inspiration and some positive words when it comes to our families.

    Family life contributes immensely to an individual's happiness. Dorothea S. Koppliln
  28. Family life contributes immensely to an individual's happiness. Only in a happy homelife can complete contentment be found. Dorothea S. Koppliln
    Happiness



  29. No matter the family and who or what they are made of, a family's a family when they all come from love. April Claxton, Goodnight Just The Same
    Inspirational Quotes



  30. What better word summarizes the relationship between children, parents and grandparents? Even in the midst of conflict, confusion and miscommunications, we can thank the Lord through faith that we are blessed to be a family. Rich Bimler, Grandparents: Play, Pray, Proclaim
    Grandparents Day



    31. Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table. Bob Ehrlich
  31. Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table. Bob Ehrlich
    Kitchen



  32. We get married to feel the blissful belonging and love of family life, and we feel happy amid of our loved ones and children. Subhashree Rout, Live Your Balanced Life Now
    Happy Quotes



  33. My family. I realized they are the most important part of my life. Throughout the year I had many challenges, but my family were always there offering support and encouragement. Catherine Pulsifer
    Support



  34. This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work. Mitch Albom
    Daily Inspiration



    35. The great 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
  35. The great 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
    Life Quotes



  36. If we don't fight together against the attacks on the family unit, we're going to keep experiencing the same cycle of painful results. Instead of dysfunction passing through generations - why not health, honor, and love? Gary Smalley
    Experience



  37. Is it wrong to be pleasing? The answer, of course, is no. Not only is being pleasing not a bad characteristic, it is good and necessary if families and organizations are going to grow and thrive Les Carter PHD, When pleasing you is killing me
    Character



  38. Family life is full of major and minor crisis - the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce- and all kinds of characters. 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
    Daily Motivation



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



  40. "That is not to say that children who feel jealousy or who act out of jealousy have poor family values (after all jealousy is a completely normal emotion,) but it is important to stress family values with a child who is experiencing jealousy to try to help them to understand why their behavior may not be acceptable." Sophie Banks, On Children and Jealousy
    Jealousy



  41. Not only has there been a change in the nature of aging, there have also been huge changes in family life over the past 50 or so years. These too impact on the grandmothering role, and challenge the stereotypes of older women. Doreen Rosenthal, New Age Nanas Being a Grandmother in the 21st Century
    Grandmother Quotes



  42. All human behavior has a purpose. You will be far more effective at changing your child’s behavior when you understand the motivation for it. Jane Nelsen, Positive discipline for pre-schoolers
    Motherhood



  43. Families need a media that represents the diversity of their audiences, that encourages imaginative play and shared learning among family members and that minimizes oppressive, stereotyped, and overcommercialized contents. Gee Elisabeth; Lori M. Takeuchi; Ellen Wartella, Children and Families in the Digital Age
    Diversity



    44. Special people in our life sometimes can become our family... B. B. Butler
  44. Special people in our life sometimes can become our family, it doesn't mean they have to be blood related, it means appreciating those who care and love you. B. B. Butler
    Appreciation



    45. Famous Family Quotes

    Read the thoughts of famous people about families.

    In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others . . .Henry Ward Beecher
  45. In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one another's burdens. Henry Ward Beecher
    Helping Others



  46. God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. Desmond Tutu
    Compassion



  47. I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed. Anais Nin
    Beautiful Quotes



    48. Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. President Barack Obama
  48. Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. President Barack Obama
    Positive Quotes



  49. . . . 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, Yanni in Words
    Simplicity



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



    51. The family is the corner stone of our society. Lyndon Baines Johnson
  51. "The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. Lyndon Baines Johnson
    Attitude Quotes



  52. No family is perfect, but God can rebuild broken walls and restore lost dreams. By the grace of God we must do all we can to keep families strong and full of the hope that comes from fulfilling God's ideal. Dr David Jeremiah
    God's Grace Quotes



  53. "To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. Pope John Paul II
    Joy



  54. Your own family can negatively influence your life. Often it is done unintentionally. Sandra Leon, Success And Happiness
    Influence



  55. The very first team we ever encounter is the family we are born into, and then as we grow we move to schools and colleges. Derek Stanzma, Team Building
    Growth



  56. A person's family life and home environment have a huge impact on how their personalities and priorities are formed. Florian Hewitt, Einstein: Famous Scientist, Committed Pacifist, And Timeless Genius
    Home


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