Family Quotes

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

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"Hemingway said that the greatest gift to your children is showing them how to live with grace."
Ernest Hemingway
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"The best family decisions are made around the dinner table."
John Steinbeck
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"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born."
John Steinbeck
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"Family is the crucible in which our fundamental beliefs are forged."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The family is both our sanctuary and our prison, often simultaneously."
Theodore Dreiser
"The greatest work of art is raising and training a child."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Family bonds are forged not by blood alone, but by shared struggle and mutual dependence."
Theodore Dreiser
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"The family unit is both sanctuary and prison."
Sinclair Lewis
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"A family is a collection of individuals bound by obligation and affection."
Sinclair Lewis
"Our mothers and grandmothers seem like ghosts to us unless we help them come alive in our minds."
Willa Cather
"I think my family is the greatest blessing of my life."
Louisa May Alcott
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"I was brought up in a family of preachers and evangelists."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Family bonds are both our greatest source of strength and profound weakness."
Theodore Dreiser
"A mother's heart is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"A home is not made by walls and furniture, but by love and laughter."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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"The bonds of family are the strongest when they are most freely chosen."
Edith Wharton
"Family is the foundation of all society."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Family bonds are sacred and eternal."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"A family is a place where you are accepted, even at your worst."
Sinclair Lewis
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"Family binds us not by blood, but by choice and commitment."
Sinclair Lewis
"I think my family is the most fortunate in the world, for we have each other."
Louisa May Alcott
"Family bonds are the strongest ties we possess."
Louisa May Alcott
"The bonds of family are tested by time but rarely broken."
Louisa May Alcott
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"The heart of a true patriot is a home."
Washington Irving
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"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall: a mother's secret hope outlives them all."
Washington Irving
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"A happy family is but an earlier heaven."
Washington Irving
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"A man's most valuable possession is a loving family."
Washington Irving
"The ties of family bind us whether we will it or not; therein lies their power."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"Family is the mirror in which we see ourselves most clearly."
Edith Wharton
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"Family binds us to our past and propels us toward our future."
Edith Wharton