Family Quotes
Blood or chosen, families shape who we become. These quotes honor those bonds.
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"Family is the first school where we learn love and virtue."Al-Ghazali
"Family teaches us that we are part of something greater than ourselves."Al-Ghazali
"Family is where life begins and love never ends."Augustine of Hippo
"The family is the foundation upon which all civilization rests and flourishes."Averroes
"The family is the first school where we learn virtue or its opposite."Averroes
"Recommend virtue to your children; that alone, not money, can make them happy."Cicero
"You came into the world a dependent. Be not ungrateful for the support you received, and do not resist the support given to others."Marcus Aurelius
"The greatest gift a parent can give a child is not wealth, but the capacity for independent thought."Averroes
"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."Mencius
"The strength of a family is the love that binds it."Mencius
"The bonds of family are the strongest bonds."Mencius
"I am not ashamed of my precedents; but I am ashamed of the descendants of my precedents."Cicero
"The greatest love is a mother's; the greatest strength is a woman's."Zhuangzi
"The capacity to care for others is the heart of human virtue."Mencius
"A man may neglect his personal welfare but he should not neglect the welfare of his family."Mencius
"The father who does not teach his son his duties is failing at his own responsibilities."Mencius
"The greatest love is a mother's love"Thales of Miletus
"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."Confucius
"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life."Confucius
"Respect your parents and the government. These are the only two things that should be respected unconditionally."Confucius
"When your father is alive, look at his deeds; when your father is dead, look at your own deeds."Confucius
"Family is the first school of the human heart."Laozi
"When the root is neglected, the branches wither away."Mencius
"Let the ruler be a ruler, the subject a subject, the father a father, the son a son."Mencius
"Filial piety and respect for elders are the root of moral character."Mencius
"The child teaches the parent as much as the parent teaches the child."Mencius
"We should honor our parents not from fear but from gratitude."Epicureanism Epicurus
"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."Confucius
"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate the self."Confucius
"The root of the empire is in the state; the root of the state is in the family."Mencius