Inspirational Quotes About Family

Families are the compass that guide us - Spiritual Quotes To Live By2011: My children & grandchildren at Kirtlington Quarry, Oxfordshire

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Inspirational Quotes About Family

are listed alphabetically on authors surname

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Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale 1948
American security consultant, author & inspiration for movie Catch Me If You Can
A real man loves his wife and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.


Steven Aitchison

Steven Aitchison
British author
My family consists of everyone I love dearly and not just the people who are related to me.


Those who really know and care about you can hear you even when you haven’t spoken a word.


Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom 1958
American author 
Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.


St Augustine

St Augustine 354-430
Algerian bishop & theologian
Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.


Jane Austen

Jane Austen 1775-1817
English novelist 
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.


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Richard Bach

Richard Bach 1936
American author & writer
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.


Anita Baker

Anita Baker 1958
American singer-songwriter
You leave home to seek your fortune, and when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.


James Baldwin

James Baldwin 1924-1987
American writer & civil rights activist
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love – whether we call it friendship or family or romance – is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s Light.


Aine Belton

Aine Belton
Channeller & spiritual writer
One hug always equals two.. One for them and one for you.


Bo Bennett

Bo Bennett 1972
American author & speaker
Spend some time this weekend on home-improvement.. Improve your attitude toward your family.


Ezra Taft Benson

Ezra Taft Benson 1899-1994
American farmer, government official & LDS religious leader
Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.


Communities have a responsibility to assist the family in promoting wholesome entertainment. What a community tolerates will become tomorrow’s standard for today’s youth.


Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.


Families must spend time together in work and recreation.


It is a mother’s influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child’s basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother’s loving example to choose righteousness.


Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role of fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.


Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.


Thank God for the joys of family life. I have often said there can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from a good home. The sweetest influences and associations of life are there.


The responsibility of a man is to lead his family.


Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821
French Emperor & military leader
Show me a family of readers… and I will show you the people who move the world.


Anthony Brandt

Anthony Brandt 1961
American composer, academic & writer
Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.


Robert Brault

Robert Brault 
American author & philosopher
Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie, not perfect, but who’s complaining?


The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions.


What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering, than the family and the gathering.


Robert Brault quote - What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering, than the family and the gathering - Spiritual Quotes To Live By2015: With my daughters & their children
Phillips Brooks

Phillips Brooks 1835-1893
American clergyman & author

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.


Joyce Brothers

Joyce Brothers 1927-2013
American psychologist, author & writer 
When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.


Joyce Brothers quote - When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByJanuary 2010: Family at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
Pam Brown

Pam Brown 1948
Australian poet 
An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.


It’s hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own.


Mothers are the pivot on which the family spins. Mothers are the pivot on which the world spins.


Sisters share the scent and smells.. The feel of a common childhood.


We shared. Parents. Home. Pets. Celebrations. Catastrophes. Secrets. And the threads of our experience became so interwoven that we are linked. I can never be utterly lonely, knowing you share the planet.


When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?


Gail Lumet Buckley

Gail Lumet Buckley 1937-2024
American journalist & author
Family faces are magic mirrors.. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.


Eva Burrows

Eva Burrows 1929-2015
First woman General of Salvation Army
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.


Eva Burrows quote - In family life love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together and the music that brings harmony - Spiritual Quotes To Live Byartwork by Sandra Reeves
Lorna Byrne

Lorna Byrne 1953
Irish author
The bonding with a new baby can help people to release love unconsciously.


Lorna Byrne quote - The bonding with a new baby can help people to release love unconsciously - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByFebruary 2012: my daughter & family
Lorna Byrne

Lorna Byrne 1953
Irish author
The connection between brothers and sisters is completely different to that between friends and it exists throughout our lives, even if we have little contact.


The sadness and pain surrounding the death of a parent, brother or sister can bring with it an unexpected gift, and help families to become closer. It can help bring shared memories to light, and be a reminder of love that was shared in the past.


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Mary Calderone

Mary Calderone 1904-1998
American physician & author
Our children are not going to be just ‘our children’ - they are going to be other people’s husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren.


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Nancy J. Carmody
I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because I have a home. I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.


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Eva Carr
Christmas is family, love, hope, and happiness all wrapped up in one.


Gilbert Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874-1936
English author & Christian apologist
The most extraordinary thing in the world is.. An ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.


Julia Child

Julia Child 1912-2004
American chef, author & TV personality
Dining with one’s friends and beloved family is certainly one of life’s primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.


Lydia Maria Child

Lydia Maria Child 1802-1880
American abolitionist, activist & journalist

Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an Angel’s wings.


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Sera Christann
Sometimes our heart get tangles and our Souls a little off kilter. Friends and family can set us right and help guide us back to the light.


Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill 1874-1965
British Prime Minister
There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained.


Confucius

Confucius 551BC-479BC
Chinese philosopher & politician
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.


Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus 1992
American singer-songwriter & actress
The only people that you really have, that I learned, are your family, because they love you no matter what.


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Les Dawson

Les Dawson 1931-1993
English comedian
Families are like fudge… mostly sweet, with a few nuts.


David DeNotaris

David DeNotaris
Author & speaker

My family provided me with the proper information and inspiration for me to overcome the challenge of blindness.


Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen 1970
American novelist
Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static or set. People marry in, divorce out. They born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.


Sheri L. Dew

Sheri L. Dew 1953
American author, publisher & LDS religious leader
No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose.


You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.


Princess Diana

Princess Diana
1961-1997 British royal family

Family is the most important thing in the world.


Princess Diana quote - Family is the most important thing in the world - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1926: My maternal great-grandparents with children
Walt Disney

Walt Disney
1901–1966 American animator & film producer

A man should never neglect his family for business.


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Pamela Dugdale
Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring.


Will Durant

Will Durant 1885-1981
American historian, philosopher & writer

The family is the nucleus of civilization.


Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer 1940-2015
American author & motivational speaker

Without exception, begin every day of your life with gratitude. As you look in the mirror, say, “Thank you, God, for life, for my body, for my family and loved ones, for this day, and for the opportunity to be of service. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”


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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein 1879-1955
German-American scientist
Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.


Albert Einstein quote - Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByChristmas 2015: my daughter & her children
George Eliot

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819-1880
English novelist & poet

What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?


T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot 1888-1965
American-English poet, essayist & playwright
There’s no vocabulary for love within a family, love that’s lived in but not looked at, love within the light of which all else is seen, the love within which all other love finds speech. This love is silent.


Amanda Ellis

Amanda Ellis
English channeller, colour therapist & spiritual teacher
The black sheep of the family is often the one who leads the way.


Mary Engelbreit

Mary Engelbreit 1952
American artist, illustrator & author
Christmas is a time for cherishing those who bring so many blessings to our lives.


Erik Erikson

Erik H. Erikson 1902-1994
American child psychoanalyst
Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact, the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.


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Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes 1962
English actor, film director & producer
One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humour.


Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox 1961
Canadian-American actor

Family is not an important thing.. It is everything.


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Susan Gale
Mothers are like glue.. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.


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Richard Garnett
Love is the greatest gift that one generation can leave to another.


Richard Garnett quote - Love is the greatest gift that one generation can leave to another - Spiritual Quotes To Live Bywatercolour by Sandra Reeves
Marion C. Garretty

Marion C. Garretty 1902-1972
American poet

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.


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Elizabeth George
A pleasant atmosphere in the home creates a beautiful background for happy memories.


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832
German poet, playwright & novelist

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.


Ellen Goodman

Ellen Goodman 1941
American journalist, columnist & speaker

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can’t even describe, aren’t even aware of.


What the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we lived. In the end, it’s the family stories that are worth the storage.


You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children.. But they remain your co-authors forever.


Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist


All through these stages of Christmas days
Life moves on through time, expanding always
Change is inevitable, time can not stand still
So appreciating these moments is vital, to fill
Your Heart and Soul with joyous memories
Of the stages of life spent around Christmas trees
Because that is what family at Christmas is for
To celebrate, the Joy and Love you share, above all

quote from poem: Christmas Through The Family

Trina Graves quote - All through these stages of Christmas days Life moves on through time, expanding always Change is inevitable, time can not stand still So appreciating these moments is vital, to fill Your Heart and Soul with joyous memories Of the stages of life spent around Christmas trees Because that is what family at Christmas is for To celebrate, the Joy and Love you share, above all - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1987: With my family at that time
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist

Celebrations wouldn’t be the same without the photos we create, family history through generations, times together that were great.

quote from poem: Photographs

Trina Graves quote - Celebrations wouldn't be the same without the photos we create, family history through generations, times together that were great - Spiritual Quotes To Live By2008: My parents 50th wedding aniversary
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist

Christmas was never about the presents under a tree, but accumulation of love and memories.. a sanctuary, As generations come and go, Christmas will always be, A time to share the love and joys of being with family.

quote from poem: My Christmas

Trina Graves quote - Christmas was never about the presents under a tree, but accumulation of love and memories.. a sanctuary, As generations come and go, Christmas will always be, A time to share the love and joys of being with family - Spiritual Quotes To Live By2008: grandchildren
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist

Family history needs to be shared not just for memories sake, but for all the treasures they hold, from our past our lives we make. Each generation feeds the next not just on physical food and love, but all of their experiences mould and fit, to enfold like a glove.

quote from poem: Family Stories

Trina Graves quote - Family history needs to be shared not just for memories sake, but for all the treasures they hold, from our past our lives we make. Each generation feeds the next not just on physical food and love, but all of their experiences mould and fit, to enfold like a glove - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1988: my parents 30th wedding anniversary. A snapshot in time of family that is so different now!
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist
Kisses and hugs are deposits of affection, keep family’s love-banks topped up.

quote from poem: Law Of Attraction: A to Z

Trina Graves quote - Kisses and hugs are deposits of affection, keep family’s love-banks topped up - Spiritual Quotes To Live Bywith my mum & sister-in-law
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist

My roots stem from my family, deeply embedded in Mother Earth
Strongly supporting my presence that fed my early self-worth

part of poem: The Tree In Me

Trina Graves quote - My roots stem from my family, deeply embedded in Mother Earth... - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist
The greatest Christmasses all were the ones with my little children
Excitement, traditions, decorations, gifts - Family togetherness, all having fun

part of poem: The Most Important Things In Life

Trina Graves quote - The greatest Christmasses all were The ones with my little children Excitement, traditions, decorations, gifts Family togetherness, all having fun - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1984: My children on Christmas Day
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist


The most important things in life are not things, most know
It’s the people in our lives who make our Hearts grow
Our family of Loved ones are the most important of all
They fill our lives with memories, especially those who are small

The little simple moments, a smile, or hug, or glance
Whether in a photo, or our minds, makes our Hearts sing and dance
Some friends are like family, they bloom perfectly in our Heart
Whether grown over the years, or there right from the very start

Love, our greatest possession, it's who we truly are
Giving and receiving unconditionally, in life, we will go far

part of poem: The Most Important Things In Life

part of poem: The Most Important Things In Life Are Not Things by Trina Graves - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByGrandsons
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist


There are even many family members
who we never met in this present life
They passed over before our day of birth
but watch over us through trouble and strife

We shall not die alone..
Past generations will support us home

part of poem:  We Shall Not Die Alone

Trina Graves quote - There are even many family members who we never met in this present life, They passed over before our day of birth, but watch over us through trouble and strife. We shall not die alone.. past generations will support us home. - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1936: My paternal grandparents wedding day
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist


These children are here to teach us
Voluntarily withdrawing with no fuss
They shout and cry, with no words to say
“There has to be a better way!”

We are all brothers and sisters of Earth
One race of humanity at our birth
United, as One, we can be
Compassionate to ALL our Earth family

part of poem:  Resignation Syndrome: Wake Up World!

Trina Graves quote - These children are here to teach us, Voluntarily withdrawing with no fuss, They shout and cry, with no words to say, “There has to be a better way!”  We are all brothers and sisters of Earth, One race of humanity at our birth, United, as One, we can be, Compassionate to ALL our Earth family - Spiritual Quotes To Live Byimage from internet
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist


With the old eyes of wisdom you can now see
So clearly the pure contentment of your family
These precious little Angels, Sent from up above
Grandchildren bring bliss, And quintessential Love

part of poem:  When You Look At Your Life
The Greatest Happinesses Are Family Happinesses

Trina Graves quote - With the old eyes of wisdom you can now see So clearly the pure contentment of your family These precious little Angels, Sent from up above Grandchildren bring bliss, And quintessential Love - Spiritual Quotes To Live By2015: With my grandchildren (siblings)
Trina Graves - 2014

Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist


Young siblings at Christmas share the joys
Of the escalating excitement thinking of toys
They might receive if Santa thinks they’ve been good
Talking into the night, how they wish he would

Childhood Christmas days spent with sister or brother
Amasses laughter and sharing to re-discover
In later years when in family get-togethers they meet
And to another generation their stories repeat

part of poem:  Christmas Through The Family

Trina Graves quote - Young siblings at Christmas share the joys
Of the escalating excitement thinking of toys
They might receive if Santa thinks they’ve been good
Talking into the night, how they wish he would

Childhood Christmas days spent with sister or brother
Amasses laughter and sharing to re-discover
In later years when in family get-togethers they meet
And to another generation their stories repeat - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1984: My children
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Alex Haley

Alex Haley 1921-1992
American writer & author
In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past and a bridge to our future.


Alex Haley quote - In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past and a bridge to our future - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByMarch 2008: My parents on thier 50th Wedding Anniversary with descendants
Alex Haley

Alex Haley 1921-1992
American writer & author
My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel ninety feet tall.


Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of people.


Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.


Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh 1926-2022
Vietnamese monk & peace activist
If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all your generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.


When you plant a lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

Yet, if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.


Roma Hanks

Roma Hanks
Academic/research director for generational studies
It is my belief that grandparenting is the most important family role of the new century.


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Jeremy Hardy
Author
The thing that interests me most about family history is the gap between the things we think we know about our families and the realities.


Louise Hay

Louise Hay 1926-2017
American author, speaker & founder of Hay House publishing
If you want love and acceptance from your family, then you must give love and acceptance to them.


Brad Henry

Brad Henry 1963
American lawyer & politician
Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.


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Burton Hills
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: The presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.


Marjorie Holmes

Marjorie Holmes 1910-2002
American columnist & Christian author
At Christmas, all roads lead home.


John Holt

John Caldwell Holt 1923-1985
American author, educator & proponent of homeschooling

What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children’s growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn’t school at all.


Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard 1856-1915
American writer, publisher & philosopher
No matter what you have done for yourself, or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?


Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo 1802-1885
French poet, novelist & dramatist
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.


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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 1958-2009
American singer-songwriter & dancer

In my family we love children. If a baby or a child comes in, we all want to hug the child or pick him up. That’s how my brothers and sisters are. I can’t understand why people don’t honour children, why they push them aside like they are nothing. That’s what tomorrow becomes.


Margaret Storm Jameson

Margaret Storm Jameson 1891-1986
English journalist & author
The gesture with which one generation guards the next is the movement, and the only time we see it clearly, of life itself.


Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
3rd President of USA

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.


Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII 1881-1963
Italian head of Catholic Church

The family is the first essential cell of human society.


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Abdul Kalam

Abdul Kalam 1931-2015
Indian scientist & 11th President of India

When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.


Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy 1957
American author, diplomat & attorney

It’s true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you’ll find you’ve created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.


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Marge Kennedy
It’s important for all single parents to remember that not everything that goes wrong, from your son’s bad attitude towards school to the six holes in your teenage daughter’s ear, is because you live in a single-parent home. Every family has problems.


Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavour.


The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.


Yes, single-parent families are different from two-parent families. And urban families are different from rural ones, and families with six kids and a dog are different from one-child, no-pet households. But even if there is only one adult presiding at the dinner table, yours is every bit as much a real family as the Waltons.


Miranda Kerr

Miranda Kerr 1983
Australian model

While it’s nice to appreciate the fashion world.. What makes you happy are real relationships and the moments you share with loved ones.


Charles Kuralt

Charles Kuralt 1934-1997
American television, newspaper & radio journalist
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.


Charles Kuralt quote - The love of amily and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Jack Layton

Jack Layton 1950-2011
Canadian leader of New Democratic Party

Cherish every moment with those you love, at every stage of your journey.


Jack Layton quote - Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1973: Family holiday in Cornwall
Pam Leo

Pam Leo
Parent & childbirth educator & author
Parents have needs too. Families work best when everyone’s needs are met.


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Reed Markham 1957
The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself but for his family.


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Emily Matthews
From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another, the warmth and joy of Christmas brings us closer to each other.


Neal A. Maxwell

Neal A. Maxwell 1926-2004
American scholar, educator & Mormon leader

God’s extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.


Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead 1901-1978
American cultural anthropologist, author & speaker
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sister are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.


George Moore

George Moore 1852-1933
Irish novelist, writer & poet

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.


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Movie - Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
There are all sorts of different families. Some families have one mommy, some families have one daddy, or two families. And some children live with their uncle or aunt. Some live with their grandparents, and some children live with foster parents. And some live in separate homes, in separate neighbourhoods, in different areas of the country - and they may not see each other for days, or weeks, months.. Even years at a time. But, if there’s love - those are the ties that bind, and you’ll have a family in your heart, forever.


Swami Muktananda

Swami Muktananda 1908-1982
Indian yoga guru

Love is our only reason for living and the only purpose of life. We live for the sake of love, and we live seeking love.. It is not surprising that we keep looking for love. All of us are nothing but vibrations of love. We are sustained by love, and in the end we merge back into love…

This world is nothing but a school of love, our relationships with our husband or wife, with our children and parents, with our friends and relatives are the university in which we are meant to learn what love and devotion truly are. Yet the love we experience through other people is just a shadow of the love of the inner self. There is a sublime place inside us where love dwells. The love that pulses in the cave of the heart does not depend on anything outside. It does not expect anything. It is completely independent.


Robert Muller

Robert Muller 1923-2010
Belgian author & assistant secretary-general of United Nations

Don’t you think God would smile and feel good, if your spouse, your children, your parents, your teachers, your colleagues, your spiritual guides would smile and feel good, if you said to them these simple words: ‘I am happy. Thank you for giving me happiness.’


Each mother and father should devote quite some time to the family’s history. An entire new science and art of family and individual history should be developed and taught: ancestry, genealogy, name etymology, oral history, written history, pictorial history, family heirlooms and souvenirs, scrapbooks, photo collections etc.. What deep joys can be derived from family history! It increases the love and role of the family, the fundamental, basic social unit.


Every human being has stories to tell. Please tell them. They are part of the bloodstream of our cosmic journey, the transmission of our experience and wisdom to our descendants.


If we cannot live in peace in our family, how can we expect peace of the human family.


Love must become the subject of serious scientific study. Loved children are healthier, happier, more peaceful children. Loved husbands have seldom heart attacks. Loved plants grow better. Loved animals are not vicious. Loved nations do not wage war. A humanity of loving people will be a peaceful humanity. To promote love means therefore to promote peace. Yes, let us have a love logy, a science of love, to start with a World University of Love.


The family is the first and greatest school of love, peace and happiness on Earth.


Robert Muller quote: The family is the first and greatest school of love, peace and happiness on Earth - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1990: 4 generations of my brothers family
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Native American (Chinook Blessing)
We call upon all those who have lived on this earth, our ancestors and our friends, who dreamed the best for our future generations, and upon whose lives our lives our built, and with thanksgiving, we call upon them to… Teach us, and show us the Way.


Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900
German classical scholar & philosopher

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.


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Clara Ortega
To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sister. We know each other as we always were. We know each others hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.


Amos Oz

Amos Oz 1939-2018
Israeli writer, novelist & journalist
I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution of the world.


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Boyd K. Packer

Boyd K. Packer 1924-2015
American LDS church leader & educator
Your responsibility as a father and a husband transcends any other interest in life.


Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993
American Protestant clergyman & author
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.


Lowell Tom Perry

Lowell Tom Perry 1922-2015
American businessman & LDS church leader
A family needs a father to anchor it.


Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Letty Cottin Pogrebin 1939
American author, journalist & social activist

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange; a circle of sections, held together, but separable, each segment distinct.


Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier 1927-2022
Bahamian-American actor, director & activist
My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.


Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley 1935-1977
American singer & actor
I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God.


Catherine Pulsifer

Catherine Pulsifer
Author
When we remember a special Christmas, it is not the presents that made it special, but the laughter, the feeling of love, and the togetherness of friends and family that made that Christmas special.


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Ruth E. Renkel
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.


Helen Steiner Rice

Helen Steiner Rice 1900-1981
American Christian & inspirational poet


Memories to treasure are made of Christmas Day,
Made of family gatherings and children as they play…
And always it is mother who plays the leading part
In bringing joy and happiness to each expectant heart.


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Christine Rigden
Author & poet
May help a little, just to know I care


Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney 1919-2011
American radio/television writer & broadcaster
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day.


Chrisina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti 1830-1894
English poet

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather. To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one, if one goes astray. To life one, if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.


Rumi

Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet

Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.


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George Santayana

George Santayana 1863-1952
Spanish-American philosopher, novelist & poet

The family is one of life’s masterpieces.


George Santayana quote - The family is one of life's masterpieces - Spiritual Quotes To Live By1956: Family at Stonehenge, UK
Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir 1916-1988
American psychotherapist & author

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible.. The kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.


Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner 1855-1920
South African author & anti-war campaigner
Our fathers had their dreams, we have ours, the generation that follows will have its own.


Olive Schreiner quote - Our fathers had their dreams, we have ours, the generation that follows will have its own - Spiritual Quotes To Live By2016: Grandchildren at Warwick Castle
Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle 1780-1866
Native American Chief of Suquamish & Duwamish tribes
Our bare feet are conscious of the sympathetic touch of our ancestors as we walk over this Earth.


Marquise de Sevigne

Marquise de Sevigne 1626-1696
French aristocrat

We cannot destroy kindred: our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.


George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
Irish playwright & critic

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.


If you can’t get rid of the family skeleton.. You may as well make it dance.


Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.


Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith 1896-1990
English novelist & playwright
The family.. That dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.


Robert Southey

Robert Southey 1774-1843
English poet

The history of any private family, however humble, could it be fully related for five or six generations, would illustrate the state and progress of society better than the most elaborate dissertation.


There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never know beyond its hallowed limits.


Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks 1965
American novelist & screenwriter

My wife, my family, my friends.. They’ve all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell.. Loving someone is about giving, not receiving.


Freya Start

Freya Stark 1893-1993
British-Italian explorer & travel writer
Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.


Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart 1941
American retail business woman, writer & TV personality
Over the years I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. She also taught me that aging need not mean narrowing the scope of your activities and interests.


Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart 1945
English singer-songwriter

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it’s all about family.


Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971
Russian composer & conductor
It’s one of nature’s ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.


Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep 1949
American actress

My family really does come first. It always did and always will.


There’s no road map on how to raise a family, it’s always an enormous negotiation.


Charles R. Swindoll

Charles R. Swindoll 1934
American evangelical Christian pastor & radio preacher

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.


Cultivate your own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or style may be miles different from yours.

Rabbits don’t fly. Eagles don’t swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don’t have feathers.  Stop comparing. There’s plenty of room in the forest.


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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones.. The ones at home.


Mother Teresa quote - Love begins by taking care of the closest ones.. The ones at home - Spiritual Quotes To Live By2013: my daughter with her children
Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun

Smile at each other.. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other, it doesn’t matter who it is, and that will help you to grow up in greater Love for each other.


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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun

The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.


What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.


Mother Teresa quote - What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByDecember 1988: With my parents & brothers
Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu 1931-2021
South African Anglican bishop & human rights activist

You don’t choose your family, they are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.


Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu 600BC
Ancient Chinese philosopher
In family life, be completely present.


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J. D. Vance

J. D. Vance 1984
American Marine veteran, attorney, author & vice president of United States

The benchmark of national success is not our GDP number or our stock market, but whether people feel that they can raise thriving and healthy families in our country.


Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk 1975
American author, speaker & internet personality
Love your family. Work super hard. Live your passion.


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Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg 1971
American actor

For me, family always comes first; I would do anything to protect them.


Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington 1954
American actor, producer & director
Acting is a way of making a living, the family is life.


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Dan Wilcox
I don’t care how poor a man is.. If he has family, he’s rich.


Anthony Douglas Williams

Anthony Douglas Williams 1953
Canadian spiritualist, writer & author

Treat other animals as friends and they become friends. Treat other animals as family and they become family. Give other animals your love and they will love you in return.


Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse 1983-2011
British singer-songwriter

I’m happiest with my family around me.


Joseph B. Wirthlin

Joseph B. Wirthlin 1917-2008
American business man & Mormon leader

The place to cure most of the ills of society is in the homes of the people.


John Wooden

John Wooden 1910-2010
American basketball player & coach

The most important thing in the world is family and love.


Lois Wyse

Lois Wyse 1926-2007
American advertising executive, author & columnist

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.


Secreted in the basements and attics of memory are the hidden treasures of family history that only a grandmother can recall, write and hand down.


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Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda 1893-1952
Indian-American Hindu monk & guru

Kindness is the Light that dissolves all walls between Souls, families and nations.


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