Quotes about the family

Speaking of Families. . . .

A round-up of quotations - from the silly to sublime
Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life! ~Albert Einstein

Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts. ~Author Unknown

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

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

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained. ~ Winston Churchill

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

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice. ~Author Unknown

It's funny that those things your kids did that got on your nerves seem so cute when your grandchildren do them. ~Author Unknown

A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be. ~Author Unknown

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. ~Author Unknown

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents. ~Henry Ward Beecher

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have. ~Ring Lardner

A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese proverb

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. ~Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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

A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know. ~Dwight L. Moody

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

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently. ~Chinese Proverb

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

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

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

Family is not an important thing, it's everything. ~Michael J. Fox