100 Inspirational Family Relationship Quotes to Warm Your Heart

"My family was my guide to my reality."

- Haywood Nelson

"A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center."

- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."

- Charlie Sheen

"I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives."

- Richard M. Daley

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

- Michael J. Fox

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

- Andre Maurois

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future."

- Alex Haley

"A man should never neglect his family for business."

- Walt Disney

"My family is my strength and my weakness."

- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

"For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands."

- Christina Rossetti

"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 Frost

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

- Margaret Mead

"Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table."

- Bob Ehrlich

"You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family."

- Anita Baker

"Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back."

- John Ruskin

"I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is."

- Jamie Lee Curtis

"When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you."

- Guy Lafleur

"Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person."

- Sandra Day O'Connor

"Family, nature and health all go together."

- Olivia Newton-John

"Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty."

- George Eliot

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

- Gloria Steinem

"We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved."

- Julia Barr

"Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family."

- Vartan Gregorian

"The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me."

- Faith Hill

"People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own."

- Douglas Coupland

"The family is the nucleus of civilization."

- Will Durant

"Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God."

- Christopher Love

"There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street."

- Willie Stargell

"I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them."

- Sting

"A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability."

- Tom DeLay

"Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family."

- Grace Kelly

"I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack."

- Jodi Picoult

"The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going."

- George Carlin

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

- Ring Lardner

"The family is one of nature's masterpieces."

- George Santayana

"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

"Family is the most important thing in the world."

- Princess Diana

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life."

- Richard Bach

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

- Desmond Tutu

"If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher."

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

"The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege."

- Charles Kuralt

"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'"

- Harmon Killebrew

"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."

- Kahlil Gibran

"There is no such thing as fun for the whole family."

- Jerry Seinfeld

"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all."

- Brad Pitt

"He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy."

- Chanakya

"I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy."

- Marie Curie

"Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family."

- Bo Bennett

"A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living."

- Charles R. Swindoll

"I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future."

- LaToya Jackson

"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other."

- Jet Li

"Children are the keys of paradise."

- Eric Hoffer

"Think of your family today and every day thereafter, don’t let the busy world of today keep you from showing how much you love and appreciate your family."

- Josiah

"To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there."

- Barbara Bush

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

- Friedrich Nietzche

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

- Anthony Brandt

"Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life."

- Lisa Weed Phifer

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

- Michael J. Fox

"Family is family."

- Linda Linney

"The family is one of nature’s masterpieces."

- George Santayana

"You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them."

- Desmond Tutu

"I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends, and God. All will be in my thoughts daily."

- Lil’ Kim

"Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness."

- John C. Maxwell

"Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches."

- Wanda Hope Carter

"Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion."

- Niki Taylor

"My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me."

- Michael Imperioli

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven."

- George Bernard Shaw

"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

"The most important thing in the world is family and love."

- John Wooden

"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues… are created, strengthened and maintained."

- Winston Churchill

"Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."

- Stitch from "Lilo & Stitch"

"This is my family. I found it all on my own. It’s little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good."

- Stitch

"Some people are worth melting for."

- Frozen

"We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family."

- 'Coco'

"Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family."

- Walt Disney

"Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life."

- Albert Einstein

"Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space."

- Evan Esar

"The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to."

- Dodie Smith

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life."

- Richard Bach

"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

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

- Brad Henry

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

- Lee Lacocca

"When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you."

- Guy Lafleur

"The love of a family is life's greatest blessing."

- Eva Burrows

"Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what."

- Dez Del Rio

"Family is where life begins and love never ends."

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- David Ogden Stiers

"Family is not defined by our genes, it is built and maintained through love, respect, and acceptance."

- Amalia Gavea

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

- Maya Angelou

"It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it."

- Peter Buffett

"Sometimes, family is a group of people who make you feel less alone and really loved."

- Carlos Wallace

"When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family."

- Jim Butcher

"The family you choose can sometimes be closer than the one you're born into."

- Oprah Winfrey

"The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family."

- Mother Teresa

"Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing."

- Irina Shayk

"I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life."

- Maya Angelou

"Without family, you've got nothing."

- Dom Toretto

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

- George Burns

"The family is the first essential cell of human society."

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."

"Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones that would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what."

"Family is not defined by our genes, it is built and maintained through love."

"Family gives you the roots to stand tall and strong."

"I didn’t give you the gift of life, but life gave me the gift of you."

"Blended families: woven together by choice, strengthened together by love, tested by everything, and each uniquely ours."

"Treat your family like friends and your friends like family."

"Where there is family, there is love."

"Our family is a circle of strength of love with every birth and every union the circle grows."

"Love grows best in houses filled with laughter."

"Family means loving unconditionally."

"Love starts with family."

"The roots of family love grow deep."

"Family love is a circle that knows no end."

"Happiness is homemade with family love."

"Family love turns a house into a home."

"The love of family is our greatest joy."

"Family: the perfect mix of love and chaos."

"Family is the heart of a home."

"Home is where the family laughs the loudest."

"My family is my circus, and I love being the ringmaster."

"Some call it chaos; we call it family time."

"Family is like fudge—mostly sweet, with a few nuts."

"Nothing brings a family closer than a Wi-Fi outage."

"The family that laughs together stays together."

"Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. And having both is a blessing."

"Family sticks together, even in storms."

"Hard times reveal the strength of a family."

"Every family has a story, and ours is filled with lessons."

"Family challenges make us stronger."

"In family, we find the courage to keep going."

"Together, we are unstoppable."

"A happy family is a reflection of heaven."

"Home is wherever my family is."

"In family, we find strength and courage."

"Life’s greatest treasure is family."

"The story of life begins and ends with family."

"Family ties are woven with love and care."