Family Quotes

"If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother."

- Victor Hugo

"The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended."

- Robert Lee Frost

"You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you."

- Frederick Buechner

"Home is where they want you to stay longer."

- Stephen King

"Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold."

- Andre Maurois

"Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone’s feelings."

- David Sedaris

"Obviously, if I was serious about having a relationship with someone long-term, the last people I would introduce him to would be my family."

- Chelsea Handler

"A 2-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it."

- Jerry Seinfeld

"I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance — waiting for the bathroom."

- Bob Hope

"Having one kid makes you a parent. Having two kids makes you a referee."

- David Frost

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

- Ogden Nash

"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway."

- Erma Bombeck

"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

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now, and we don’t know where the heck she is."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices."

- George Bernard Shaw

"As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it."

- Buddy Hackett

"Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we’re related for better or for worse ... and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum."

- Rick Riordan

"When the storm rages, I'm so grateful I'm in the peace of my family."

"Families that play together grow stronger."

"If you need a safe place, surround yourself with family."

"Family has your back, no matter what."

"Families are better together."

"I take strength from my united family."

"Family: united by blood, bonded by love."

"Having my family together fuels my strength."

"Grateful my family is together."

"Life feels complete when you’re together with your family."

"Together, we make a beautiful family."

"Family ties mean that no matter how much you might want to run from your family, you can’t."

- Anonymous

"Children can never have too many positive adult role models in their lives."