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"The family economy has been replaced by market relations, with incalculable loss."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