200+ Emotional & Inspiring Family Quotes And Sayings

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“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.”

Doesn’t that sum up everything you need in your life? Family quotes and sayings celebrate your special bond with family and how it makes your life better. You may start to realize how futile it is to think about the things that you don’t have instead of being grateful and showing generosity for what you do have – your family is the foremost one.

A close-knit family is your inspiration and your strength. You know what it is you need to work for and where to go if you fall or falter.

We bring you some inspiring happy family quotes, which explain the essence of being together as one. These verses could even help you share laughter and joy.

Family Love Quotes

Love is one of the ingredients that make the family stick together. An anonymous blogger, writer, and mother from Malaysia shares how a lovely Dr. Seuss’ quote reminds her of family love and connections. She says, “I really like the quote by Dr Seuss. ‘Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.’ It is up to us to cherish our moments together and create special memories with our families.

“As a stay-at-home mother, sometimes being around all the time makes me forget that quality time is much more precious than quantity time (i).”

Here are some loving family quotes that you may share with your grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. If your in-laws and extended families are near to you, share them and enhance your bond.

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2. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
3. “The bond that keeps the family together is not made of blood but out of love and respect.”
4. “I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.” – Jet Li
5. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana

6. “It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett
7. “The love of a family is a life’s greatest blessing.” – Eva Burrows
8. “The love in our family flows strong and deep, leaving us memories to treasure and keep.”
9. “The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” – Ring Lardner
10. “Family where life begins and love never ends.”
11. “I’ve always put my family first, and that’s just the way it is.” – Jamie Lee Curtis
12. “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
13. “When all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.” – Barbara Bush
14. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” – Irina Shayk
15. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden
16. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. The most important thing in the world is family and love.”
17. “We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.” – Coco
18. “The magical thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.”
19. “Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.” – Vartan Gregorian

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21. “The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.” – Thomas Jefferson
22. “Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song.”
23. “It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” – Philip Green
24. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
25. “A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.” – Ogden Nash
26. “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” – Mario Puzo
27. “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
28. “A recipe for love – a spoonful of smiles, a jar of joy, a cup of kisses and a handful of hugs.”
29. “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
30. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching – they are your family.” – Jim Butcher
31. “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
32. “Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” – Gail Lumet Buckley
33. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” – Phyllis Diller
34. “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.”
35. “I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance — waiting for the bathroom.” – Bob Hope
36. “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
37. “The foundation of family—that’s where it all begins for me.” – Faith Hill
38. “Family isn’t whose blood you carry. It’s who you love and who loves you back.”
39. “Family is the support system that helps us stay on course no matter how turbulent the conditions around us are.”

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41. “As the days pass we begin to realize just how important family actually is.”
42. “Our family is a circle of strength of love and trust, with every birth and every union the circle grows.”
43. “In family relationships, ‘love’ is really spelled ‘t-i-m-e,’ time. Taking time for each other is the key for harmony at home.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

44. “Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” – Anthony Liccione
45. “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
46. “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
47. “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
48. “Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.” – Donna Hedges
49. “Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” – Bo Bennett
50. “There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy, or more exasperated, or more secure.” – Jim Butcher
51. “Don’t worry about the family that ignores and acts like you don’t matter. Love the ones who are always there for you no matter what.” – Anonymous
52. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” ― Desmond Tutu
53. “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
54. “If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles. – Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Family and Politics
55. “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.” – Pierce Brown
56. “Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.”
57. “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.” – Leigh Anne Tuohy
58. “A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.” – Charles R. Swindoll
59. “Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.” – Susannah York
60. “The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” – Dodie Smith
61. “Families serve as our guiding compass, motivating us to strive for success and providing stability as our anchor.”
62. “I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.” – Amos Oz

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64. “Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us hope for tomorrow.” – Bill Owens

Short Family Quotes

A few words aren’t enough to tell about a family. But these short quotes do just that:

65. “Family is an anchor during rough waters.”
66. “Family is the most important thing in the world.” – Princess Diana
67. “Family is where life begins, and love never ends.”
68. “Family: a little bit crazy, a little bit loud, and a whole lot of love.”
69. “Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.” – Cary Grant
70. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” – Albert Einstein
71. “Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family.” – Paul Pearsall
72. “A family is a little world created with love.”
73. “The memories we make with our family is everything.” – Candace Cameron Bure
74. “Family knows your flaws but loves you, anyway.”
75. “Time together as a family is a gift.” – Joanna Gaines
76. “Where there is family, there is love.”
77. “Family is a string that keeps you connected to your roots.”
78. “Family is the heart of a home.”
79. “There can be no greater compliment than being called someone’s family.”
80. “The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing.”
81. “Family will always be by your side and support you even in the darkest hours.”
82. “The family is God’s great masterpiece.”
83. “Family is the essence of one’s soul.”

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85. “Family will always be there for you at the end of the day.”
86. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa
87. “Always remember that your family always wants the best of everything for you.”
88. “Family is your moral compass that always reminds you of your values, beliefs, and goals.”
89. “Not a day goes by that I do not thank the God almighty for blessing me with such a patient, kind, compassionate, and understanding family.”
90. “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” – Walt Disney
91. “Family, we may not have it all together, but together we have it all.”
92. “Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” – Mitch Albom
93. “Family shields you from several sorrows and emotional loneliness.”
94. “In times of test, the family is the best.” – Burmese proverb
95. “No one but your family holds your hand, pats your shoulder, and has your back in every aspect of life.”
96. “Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — David Ogden Stiers
97. “One should always prioritize family no matter what may come.”
98. “A man should never neglect his family for business.” – Walt Disney
99. “At the end of the day, all you have is a beautiful family.”
100. “Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” ― Anthony Brandt
101. “Love your family like there is no tomorrow.”
102. “I think togetherness is an important ingredient of family life.” — Barbara Bush
103. “Family teaches you to love and spread happiness wherever you go.”
104. “Love starts with family; it is like no other.”
105. “No matter what befalls us in life, we will always have our family at the end of the day.”

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107. “Family is the place where your growth and prosperity is celebrated each day.”
108. “The family is the first essential cell of human society.” – Pope John XXIII
109. “Home is where the family is.”
110. “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – George Bernard Shaw
111. “There is nothing as pure as the love of a family.”
112. “You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” – Elizabeth Berg
113. “True happiness is to see your family share the joy of togetherness.”
114. “Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.” – Boyd K. Packer
115. “My little family is my greatest achievement.”
116. “The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there — shared vision and values.” – Stephen R. Covey
117. “Family is where you find eternal solace without worrying about being judged.”

Family And Friends Quotes

Most often friends become a part of our family and show us unbreakable commitment. Here are some family and friends quotes for you:

118. “My inner strength comes from my friends. I have a very close group of friends and family, and we all help each other through our dark times.” – Kathy Bates
119. “Give the ones you love the wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.” – Dalai Lama
120. “Some of us are so self-reliant that we won’t ask for help from our family members or close friends. You can’t do it all, all the time, by yourself.” – Yasmeen Abdur-Rahman
121. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
122. “Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” — John C. Maxwell
123. “Some friends become family without any efforts or adjustments.”
124. “The love of family and the admiration of friends are much more important than wealth and privilege.” — Charles Kuralt
125. “Consider yourself lucky if you have friends that treat you as their family.”
126. “You need a rock-solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.” — Lilly Singh
127. “True friends and family will be the first to wipe your tears and offer unconditional support.”
128. “Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.”
129. “Treat your family like friends and your friends like family.” – Anonymous
130. “Inspiring passion in family and friends has more enduring value than just staying alive for them.”
131. “Spend as much time as possible with your family and friends to create memories that will last forever.”
132. “Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion.”
133. “Keep your friends and family closer to you, for they are the invaluable treasure you will have with you throughout life.”
134. “Love overflows and joy never ends in a home that is blessed with family and friends.”
135. “Some friends are so close they warrant the title of family.”

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137. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
138. “The length of one’s days matters less than the love of one’s family and friends.”
139. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” – C.S. Lewis
140. “Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends.” – Courtland Milloy
141. “Family and true friends are blessings one should thank God for daily.”
142. “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
143. “A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.” – Frank Crane
144. “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” – Charles Kuralt

Funny Family Quotes

The family is one place we don’t mind being funny and, in fact, crazy. Here are some fun family quotes for you:

145. “The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions.” – Robert Brault
146. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” — George Burns
147. “Boy: My father’s name is LAUGHING and my mother’s name is SMILING.

Teacher: You must be kidding, right?
Boy: No, That’s my brother, I’m JOKING.”

148. “A family is a bunch of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid.” – Robert Brault
149. “Being part of a family means smiling for photos.” – Harry Morgan
150. “Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs unity and continual input from everyone.”
151. “I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.” – Rodney Dangerfield
152. “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
153. “Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.”  – Martin Mull
154. “A family is like a pack of wolves when it comes to unity and accepting outsiders.”
155. “Whether you fight over a cup of hot chocolate or argue over outing plans, family is all about hating and enjoying each other’s company.”

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157. “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” ― George Bernard Shaw
158. “Families are like fudge – mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” — Les Dawson
159. “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
160. “Family is just an accident. They don’t mean to get on your nerves. They don’t even mean to be your family, they just are.” – Marsha Norman

Inspirational Family Quotes

A loving family inspires us to work hard and achieve our goals. They are our inspiration, and here are some inspirational family quotes:

161. “The family is the center of life, and it is the key to eternal happiness.” – L.Tom Perry
162. “Family is a lifejacket in the stormy sea of life.” – J.K. Rowling
163. “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together. Keep me in your heart. I’ll be there forever.” – Winnie the Pooh
164. “The strength of family isn’t determined by the number of members, but rather by the amount of love given and received.”
165. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
166. “In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.” — Alex Haley
167. “Family and God – that is what’s important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.” – Fabrice Muamba
168. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” — Jonathan Safran Foer
169. “In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” — Eva Burrows

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171. “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
172. “The more you’re loving and understanding, the more your kids will sing.” – Maxime Lagacé
173. “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
174. “Life is a secret lease from God and we should not allow ourselves to be bruised. Family life is our strength and success.” – Joseph Losery
175. “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
176. “I think family is key, and if you have love for family, then you have love for others – and you have unity as a people.” – Marlon Wayans
177. “Family makes you who you are and aren’t.” – Marcelina Hardy
178. “I love my family because they are always there for me even in my most fragile moments.” – Gift Gugu Mona
179. “You need a strong family because, at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally.” – Esha Gupta
180. “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
181. “My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” – Michael Imperioli
182. “For me, family always comes first; I would do anything to protect them.” – Mark Wahlberg
183. “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
184. “You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.” – Anita Baker
185. “Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry
186. “Family is an oasis of hope that keeps you going even during the most challenging times.”
187. “True happiness is found in the love of family, neighbors, and truly accepting God.”
188. “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
189. “I sustain myself with the love of my family.” – Maya Angelou

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191. “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
192. “One’s family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I’ll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who’ll be with me will be my family.” – Robert Byrd
193. “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
194. “When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” – Guy Lafleur
195. “The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.” – Marge Kennedy
196. “In the end, all you’ll ever have in life is your family, so keep them close, while you still have them around.”
197. “At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.” – Mark V.Olsen
198. “No matter what befalls you in life, your family will always be there to support you if and when needed.”
199. “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.”
200. “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
201. “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” — Barbara Bush

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

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

Infographic: How To Celebrate Family Every Day?

Family is at the core of everything we are in our lives. At the same time, life’s complexities become bearable when you have your family by your side through happy and sad moments. One way to say “thank you” to your family members for their help is to celebrate them in any way possible. Check out the infographic to know how to celebrate your family every day.

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