Family Quotes

Blood or chosen, families shape who we become. These quotes honor those bonds.

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"The bond of family is the strongest cord that binds the human heart."
Johann Herder
"The family is the first school of human virtue."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The die of human destinies is cast in childhood."
Friedrich Schiller
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"The family is the first and most natural form of human association and commonwealth."
Jean Bodin
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"The stability of the state rests upon the foundation of stable and virtuous families."
Jean Bodin
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"Family bonds are the natural school for learning virtue and duty."
Christian Wolff
"The love of family is the root from which all other loves grow."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"Family is the first school of life."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Family is where life begins and love never ends."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"A family united in purpose can overcome any external force arrayed against it."
Jean Bodin
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"The ties of kinship are the strongest bonds that hold human society together."
Jean Bodin
"Children learn more from what we do than from what we say to them."
Moses Mendelssohn
"The greatest gift we can give our children is not material comfort but moral direction."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The family of scholars transcends blood and geography."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"The family is the first school of virtue and the first government of society."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The greatest inheritance a parent can leave is not wealth, but wisdom."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Family bonds are the strongest form of love."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The family is nature's gift to humanity."
Jean d'Alembert
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"How small an inheritance do we get from our ancestors."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The family is humanity's first and most important institution."
Jean d'Alembert
"The family is the first school of virtue."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The family is the foundation of society; its strength or weakness determines the strength or weakness of the state."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"The family is the first school of virtue."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Family bonds are stronger than any adversity."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The family that questions together grows stronger than the family bound by blind tradition."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The family is the foundation upon which all society rests."
Jean d'Alembert
"The family is the first school in which we learn to interpret our sensations correctly."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The bond between parent and child is one of the most sacred and precious."
Émilie du Châtelet
"The family is the foundation upon which society is built."
Émilie du Châtelet