Family Quotes

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

16096 quotes

�
"Society persists through the transmission of culture from one generation to the next."
Émile Durkheim
M
"The family is the first school of social organization."
Max Weber
H
"Family bonds are among the most powerful forces in life."
Harriet Martineau
H
"Family loyalty should not override justice."
Harriet Martineau
H
"Family bonds are the first school of loyalty."
Herbert Spencer
�
"The family is the primary unit of social organization and moral formation."
Émile Durkheim
�
"The family is where we first learn to be social beings."
Émile Durkheim
M
"The family remains one of the last refuges from pure rationalization."
Max Weber
M
"The family economy has been replaced by market relations, with incalculable loss."
Max Weber
H
"The bonds of family are often the strongest bonds of the human heart."
Harriet Martineau
H
"The greatest inheritance we can leave is not money, but wisdom and character."
Harriet Martineau
M
"The family as an institution is as important now as it has ever been, perhaps more so."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
M
"Children need to learn resilience, not just self-esteem."
Martin Seligman
M
"Family bonds can be our greatest source of strength or our deepest wounds."
Martin Seligman
C
"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future."
Christopher Peterson
�
"The family is the primary institution through which we learn to be social beings."
Émile Durkheim
�
"The family, though changing in form, remains the fundamental institution of human society."
Émile Durkheim
H
"The family is the true nucleus of civilization."
Harriet Martineau
C
"Family is where life begins and love never ends."
Christopher Peterson
C
"Family bonds are the foundation of society."
Christopher Peterson
H
"The greatest inheritance we can give our children is not wealth but wisdom."
Herbert Spencer
R
"Personal identity is partly inherited through culture and family but also self-created"
Roy Baumeister
H
"What office is there which involves more responsibility than that of a mother?"
Harriet Martineau
H
"Family bonds are the foundation of civilization."
Harriet Martineau
C
"Family shapes us, but it doesn't define us - we have agency in who we become."
Christopher Peterson
C
"Family relationships are unique because they combine history, obligation, and love."
Christopher Peterson
B
"Family is the foundation upon which all other love is built."
Barbara Fredrickson
B
"Family is where you learn how to love."
Barbara Fredrickson
A
"Family bonds persist because they outlast the illusions we maintain about each other."
Amos Tversky
D
"The emotional connection between a parent and child shapes neural patterns that influence the child's entire life."
Daniel Goleman