Family Quotes

"Everything started with my mom. When I was five, she asked me if I wanted to sign up for soccer, but I had some pretty wild contract demands. 'I'll only play if you're my coach.' So my mom went to the library and brought home a bunch of books on how to coach soccer, and that was it. She was my first manager."

- Lindsey Horan

"A family in harmony will prosper in everything."

- Chinese Proverb

"My family is Jamaican and Cuban, but we would go to see our Jamaican side every summer for three months and every Christmas. One of the things I used to love was climbing trees and picking ackee fruit for breakfast."

- Karamo Brown

"The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents."

- Carl Gustav Jung

"Every Mother contains her daughter in herself and every daughter her mother and every mother extends backwards into her mother and forwards into her daughter."

- Carl Gustav Jung

"Happiness is having a large, caring, close-knit family in another city."

- George Burns

"People may imagine anything, but I’m just as normal as anyone. I’ve been raised one way since I was a kid, with values that stemmed from my parents and later I reinforced all of that in Barcelona, a club with very clear values. I grew up with that philosophy. I don’t have many friends, but they are real friends. Then I’ve always had my family, and I feel happy when I spend time with them and my friends."

- Lionel Messi

"I want my kids to do whatever makes them happy."

- Lionel Messi

"Family is the most important thing in the world"

- Princess Diana

"You know how once you have kids you never ever pee by yourself again? At least one of them is always in there with you at all times."

- Jennifer Garner

"Most people like it when the pastor says, “family is a priority.” What they don’t like very much is when the pastor actually chooses his own family as the priority over them."

- Carlos A. Rodriguez

"Nebraskans know the true meaning of life… work, spending time with loved ones, and Saturdays in the fall."

- Jason Peter

"I have a family. I promise to love them, protect them, and kill them if they spy on me."

- Unknown

"Family: Where life begins and love never ends."

- Unknown

"Time spent with family is worth every second."

"Family weekends aren’t always eventful—but somehow they leave behind the strongest memories"

- Unknown

"There’s something sacred in just showing up for each other without needing a reason or plan"

- Unknown

"Sometimes love sounds like laughter coming from the kitchen and smells like breakfast nobody expected to cook"

- Unknown

"You don’t always remember what was said, but you remember how the room felt when the people you love were in it"

- Unknown

"Family weekends are made of small things—shared silence, second helpings, stories that don’t need an ending"

- Unknown

"It’s not about having time together—it’s about choosing to stay present once you do"

- Unknown

"You can’t schedule the moment that becomes a core memory—it usually shows up while folding laundry or arguing about pizza"

- Unknown

"Sometimes the most healing sound in the world is hearing everyone home again, even if it’s just for a day"

- Unknown

"You don’t need matching pajamas to feel connected. Just laughter, grace, and someone who’ll pass the mashed potatoes"

- Unknown

"Family weekends aren’t about perfection—they’re about feeling safe enough to be your real, unfiltered self"

- Unknown

"Time with family doesn’t have to be productive to be powerful"

- Unknown

"The best family memories aren’t always planned. Sometimes they happen during board games no one finishes"

- Unknown

"Even with the chaos, family weekends carry a rhythm that resets something deep inside you"

- Unknown

"Sometimes the strongest love is just being together in the same room, no expectations, no performance"

- Unknown

"Family weekends remind you that you’re never really alone—even when everyone’s on their phone"

- Unknown