Family Quotes

"Family is not an important thing. It’s everything."

- Michael J. Fox

"Families are like fudge—mostly sweet, with a few nuts."

- Les Dawson

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

- Anthony Brandt

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

- Maya Angelou

"The greatest gift and honor… is having you for a daughter."

- Fa Zhou, Mulan

"You mean more to me than anyone in this world."

- Peter Pan

"A mother knows what her child’s gone through, even if she didn’t see it herself."

- Pramoedya Ananta Toer

"Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity."

- Alice Hoffman

"I am not a perfect mother and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be."

- Zoraida Pesante

"God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers."

- Jewish Proverb

"Holidays–any holiday–are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together."

- Lidia Bastianich

"For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home."

- William Jewett Tucker

"I find that it’s the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays."

- Amy Adams

"Christmas is a together-y sort of holiday."

- Winnie the Pooh

"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents."

- Emilie Buchwald

"One of the greatest gifts adults can give—to their offspring and to their society—is to read to children."

- Carl Sagan

"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."

- Anna Quindlen

"First, there are some things I have to tell you."

- Brock

"Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who, when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a backup profession like welding.'"

- Robin Williams

"You know, some parents, when they're angry, they get along much better when they don't live together. They don't fight all the time, and they can become better people, and much better mummies and daddies for you."

- Robin Williams

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

- Brad Henry

"Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten."

- David Ogden Stiers

"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

"Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us hope for tomorrow."

- Bill Owens

"There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy, or more exasperated, or more secure."

- Jim Butcher

"A mother is the person you can always call to see how long chicken lasts in the fridge"

- Unknown

"In time of test, family is best."

"When things get hard, know that I am always here for you."

"Happy Birthday, _______! You prove that in our family, ‘growing up’ is optional."

"May the roof above you never fall in and those gathered beneath it never fall out."