Family Quotes

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

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"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bond to one another."
Hippocrates
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"The greatest gift we can give our children is not wealth, but character."
Pericles
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"A family bound by respect is unbreakable."
Xenophon
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"The bond of family transcends all other loyalties."
Xenophon
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"Family is the first school of virtue"
Herodotus
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"Wealth and children are the ornaments of life."
Herodotus
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"Honor your father and mother, for they gave you life itself."
Hippocrates
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"The family bond is the first school in which we learn to love."
Pindar
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"A father's legacy is measured in the character of his children."
Xenophon
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"The bonds of family are stronger than the bonds of iron."
Xenophon
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"I will go and return to my own people, and my people shall be your people."
Aesop
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"The strength of the family bond determines the strength of the state."
Pindar
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"Family bonds are nature's first gift."
Anaxagoras
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"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."
Aesop
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"The family bond is the first law of human nature."
Pindar
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"The family we are born into shapes us; the family we choose defines us"
Sappho
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"Family is the mirror in which we see ourselves most clearly."
Xenophanes
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"The family that stands together is stronger than any external force."
Pindar
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"Those who honor their ancestors build stronger futures for their children."
Pindar
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"He who plants dates will not harvest dates, yet his children shall enjoy the sweetness."
Aesop
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"Family is the anchor of existence."
Anaximander
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"The family is the foundation of society."
Aristophanes
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"I would not exchange my mother for all the riches of Lydia or fair Lesbos."
Sappho
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"There is one thing alone that stands the test of time and troubles: a mother's love."
Euripides
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"The family structure reveals the moral character of a civilization."
Xenophanes
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"What is the cause that my child behaves like this?"
Sophocles
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"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family."
Euripides
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"Family bonds are written in the same substance that binds all creation."
Anaximenes
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"No one is truly alone who carries the memory of loved ones"
Sophocles
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"The greatest gift a parent can give a child is to teach them how to think"
Sophocles