Family Quotes

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

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

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

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash

When we remember a special Christmas,
it is not the presents that made it special,
but the laughter, the feeling of love, and the
togetherness of friends and family
that made that Christmas special. Catherine Pulsifer

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. Gail Lumet Buckley

What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. George Eliot

Bringing up a family should be an adventure, not an anxious discipline in which everybody is constantly graded for performance. Milton R. Saperstein

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

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family. Lee Iacocca

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

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

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. Eva Burrows

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

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst. Marge Kennedy

In time of test, family is best. Burmese Proverb

We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. Shirley Abbott

Home is the place where boys and girls first learn how to limit their wishes, abide by rules, and consider the rights and needs of others. Sidonie Gruenberg

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

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

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. Eva Burrows