Family Quotes

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

16096 quotes

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"We inherit both the wisdom and the wounds of those who came before us."
Angela Davis
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"Family extends beyond blood to include those who struggle alongside us."
Angela Davis
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"Children are inheriting a world we've broken - we have to do better."
Naomi Klein
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"Family is what we choose, not just what we're born into."
Arundhati Roy
"The greatest gift we can give the next generation is a livable planet."
Bill McKibben
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"We inherit not just land but responsibility—to protect it for those who come after."
Winona LaDuke
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"The greatest inheritance we can leave our children is a living planet."
Winona LaDuke
"The real inheritance we leave to our children is the state of the earth."
Vandana Shiva
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"We cannot leave our children a completely different planet."
James Hansen
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"Our children's future is not negotiable."
James Hansen
"The measure of our success will be whether we leave our children a habitable planet."
Bill McKibben
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"Family is where you learn how to love and how to be hurt by love."
Arundhati Roy
"We need to think about what we're passing on to the next generation - not just economically, but ecologically."
Bill McKibben
"The greatest gift we can give future generations is a habitable planet."
Bill McKibben
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"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bonds to each other."
David Brower
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"We inherit the earth from our ancestors and must pass it on to our children."
David Brower
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"Our children's inheritance should not be a degraded planet."
James Hansen
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"Family connections motivate us to think beyond ourselves."
James Hansen
"The greatest gift we can give our children is a habitable planet."
Bill McKibben
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"You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future."
Greta Thunberg
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"Family is where we learn the first lessons of love and loss."
Arundhati Roy
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"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bond to one another."
David Brower
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"Children deserve to inherit a world at least as good as the one we were given."
James Hansen
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"Family is the foundation of society."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
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"Family binds us to our roots and future."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
"We're borrowing the Earth from our children."
Bill McKibben
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"Family is the foundation of society."
Aimé Césaire
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"You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future."
Greta Thunberg
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"If you care about your children, you will act."
Greta Thunberg
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"Your legacy is what you leave us."
Greta Thunberg