50 Inspirational Quotes for Family: Celebrate Love, Unity, and Togetherness

"Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know."

- Mitch Albom

"Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache."

- Iyanla Vanzant

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

- Jim Butcher

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

- Amalia Gavea

"You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life."

- Matthew Quick

"Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us."

- Christopher Paolini

"We must take care of our families wherever we find them."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper."

- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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

- Michael J. Fox

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

- Eva Burrows

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

- Jim Butcher

"The greatest gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you."

- Kendall Hailey

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

- Alex Haley

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

- Ring Lardner

"My family's the most important thing in my life."

- Joe Namath

"At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable."

- Mark V. Olsen

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

"When all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends."

- Barbara Bush

"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation."

- Mark Twain

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

- Princess Diana

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

- Coco

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

- Vartan Gregorian

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

- Thomas Jefferson

"It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family."

- Philip Green

"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."

- Mother Teresa

"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?"

- Lee Iacocca

"Family is not solely about blood. It's about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most."

- Andy Cohen

"The best part about being in a chosen family is that they're the family you get to choose."

- Jessie Pavelka

"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

"Your family is the group you're born into, but your chosen family are the people you pick to be with you along the way."

- Jessica Lang

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"The beauty of chosen family is that it transcends societal norms and celebrates the uniqueness of each individual relationship."

- Andy Cohen

"The family is a haven in a heartless world."

- Christopher Lasch

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."

- George Bernard Shaw

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

- Stitch

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

- Jet Li

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

- David Ogden Stiers

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof."

- Richard Bach

"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."

- George A. Moore

"Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small."

- Jennifer Donnelly

"This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt."

- Arundhati Roy

"Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say."

- Rick Riordan

"Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst."

- Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm."

- Isaac Rosenfeld

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

- George Santayana

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

- Irina Shayk

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

- Guy Lafleur

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

- Mother Teresa

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

- Carlos Wallace

"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

"Without family, you've got nothing."

- Dom Toretto

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

- Leo Tolstoy

"One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family."

- Jonathan Safran Foer

"Healthy families resolve conflict without coercion, shaming, or violence."

- Bell Hooks

"Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy."

- Jenna Morasca

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"Family is a blessing. Just keep saying that when you are irritated by something a family member says."

- Marcelina Hardy

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

- Anthony Brandt

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

- George Burns

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

- Marge Kennedy

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

- Les Dawson

"Being part of a family means smiling for photos."

- Harry Morgan

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

- Michael J. Fox

"Family is family."

- Linda Linney

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

- John Wooden

"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

"It’s all about the quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family."

- Philip Green

"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

"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

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

- Stitch from "Lilo & Stitch"

"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

"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

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

- Peter Buffett

"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

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

- Lee Lacocca

"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

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

- Barbara Bush

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

- Brad Henry

"Children do not need us to shape them. They need us to respond to who they are."

- Naomi Aldort

"In raising my children, I have lost my mind but found my soul."

- Lisa T. Shepherd

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

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"The family that prays together, stays together."

- Mother Teresa

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

- Richard Bach

"Time together as a family is a gift."

- Joanna Gaines

"Keeping your family together is an extraordinary feat — especially in the face of great conflict."

- DeVon Franklin

"Family means nobody gets left behind."

- Lilo & Stitch

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

- Bill Owens

"I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life."

- Barbara Bush

"If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles."

- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

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

- Peter Buffett

"Family sticks together no matter what happens."

- Jennifer Probst

"Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them."

- Leigh Anne Tuohy

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

- Maya Angelou

"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

"Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home."

- Anthony Liccione

"The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society."

- Pope Francis

"The more we get together, the happier we'll be."

- The More We Get Together

"Cause more than ever we gon' have to stick together."

- Jay-Z

"A family stitched together with love seldom unravels."

- Quilting axiom

"You need a rock-solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be."

- Lilly Singh

"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

"Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice."

- Reinhold Niebuhr

"My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct."

- Jodi Picoult

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

- Charles R. Swindoll

"To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors."

- Tia Walker

"Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there anymore."

- Robin Hobb

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

- Wanda Hope Carter

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven."

- George Bernard Shaw

"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."

- Oscar Wilde

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

- George Santayana

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

- Albert Einstein

"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it."

- George A. Moore

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

- Bo Bennett

"Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family."

"In time of test, family is best."

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

"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good."

"Sticking with your family is what makes it a family."

"Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark."

"When times get dark and the road is winding, know we are here waiting and praying for your safe return."

"Keep your family together by being their biggest cheerleader and their biggest resource."

"Family isn't a noun. It's a verb requiring action from each member to keep the whole afloat."

"You may not choose your family, but you can choose to make it yours."

"Focus on what ties you together, and your family can never fall apart."

"Our shared love and devotion to each other is what makes us a family."

"Sharing bloodlines doesn't bond families together. Love does."

"Choosing to be a family together takes far more strength and love than genetics."

"The day we decided to connect our lives together forever was the day we became family."

"I choose you as my family, every minute, every hour, every day, forever."

"We don't share DNA, we share FNA: Family Never Abandons."

"Together we make a perfect family puzzle."

"The foundation of a tight family can start with us."

"As long as I have my siblings, I have a family."

"Together as siblings, we have all we need to build a strong family."

"The bond between siblings is strong enough to keep any family together."

"When siblings vow to stick together, the family can grow."

"You are my sibling, my blood, and my best friend by choice."

"We make a great team, sib. You have my back and I'll pick up the slack."

"Of all I have in this world, it is your love that I hold most dear."

"A strong family is the glue binding each individual to the world."

"The strongest people are those backed by a loving family."

"Family togetherness is the driving force behind a loving heart."

"When you fall in life, your family catches you and stands you back up."

"The key to endurance and strength is a family standing together."

"Nothing can break you when you have your family standing beside you."

"Like gum to a shoe, you're stuck with me, and I'm stuck with you."

"Keeping a family together is like building a puzzle. It may be hard to gather all the pieces, but once gathered, they fit together seamlessly."

"Keeping our family together means doing what's best for each individual and what's best for the family as a whole."

"On our own, we each make waves. Together, we form an ocean too vast and strong to be separated."

"Family means Forever All Members Imprint Love on You."

"Family can extend far beyond one household."

"Every day with my family is like a family reunion; we're having fun with everyone who wants to join."

"The further you extend family togetherness, the stronger the entity becomes."

"Extended family bonding provides a solid foundation for every individual's life."

"Extending love as far as your family reaches creates a web of love that's unbreakable."

"Near or far, we're only separated by car. As long as we exist, there is no distance across which our family can't persist."

"No matter where we each stand, together we can look upon the same sun, the same moon, and the same sky, so we are forever one family."

"You can't see air, but you need it to breathe, and it's always there. Likewise, your family may not be in sight, but we need each other and will always be there."

"As a family, we make — not take — time for each other. That is the key to a strong chain even though some links don't touch."

"Life may carry us apart, but together we remain in each other's heart."

"Oceans apart are not enough to break this family's bond."

"The moments we talk to each other or think of each other will add up to the greater sum that is our family."

"In this family, we have two homes, but one heart."

"Family is in our hearts, bonded together for life, no matter where you rest your head."

"Marriage bound us for a little while, but our children keep us together as a family for life."

"On the outside, it may look like we've fallen apart, but as a family, we always stay together in our hearts."

"Recipe for a unified family: 3 cups love, 1 cup empathy, 1/4 cup patience, 1 tablespoon teamwork."

"Like a team in the championship game, our family will rally together in triumph."

"Healing happens when individual hearts combine forces to beat as one at the center of a family."

"Take away all our possessions, and we are left with one structure held together by love: family."

"Our family cannot be divided, only rearranged. The end result looks different but still feels unified and full of love."

"Each member of this family is a first responder; when we hear the call, we don't hesitate to unite and take action."

"On the front lines of love, we stick together as a family and win every time."

"In a lifestyle filled with changing surroundings, our family remains bright as the beacon signaling home."

"Though we don't all wear the uniform, we are all members of the same unit."

"When one member of our family is in need, everyone deploys to offer aid."

"There's an invisible bond that ties soldiers together. It's called family."

"We cannot fight alongside you, but we take up arms in our hearts."

"A family divided against itself cannot love."

"While a family can be divided by its individuals, it can never be divided into nothing."

"All families can be divided into two categories: those who choose each other and those tied together by invisible bonds."

"Families who keep loving until they get it right will never be divided."

"You can never divide a family so far that it ceases to exist. Some semblance of it always remains."

"When you are ready to return, we will be right here waiting."

"Go if you must, but know that home will still be here when you return."

"I leave a permanent light on for you in my heart so you always know your way back to your family's love."

"Never fear coming home, for all you will see are open arms awaiting your embrace."

"Families are stuck together by love, so spread it around like glue."

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

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

"Family is the heart of a home."