“The family is the first essential cell of human society.” — Pope John XXIII

“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” — John Wooden

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” — George Bernard Shaw

“Family is not an important thing—it’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox

“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.” — Alex Haley

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” — Leo Tolstoy

“We must take care of our families wherever we find them.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” — Desmond Tutu

“Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.” — Trenton Lee Stewart

“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Santayana

“I sustain myself with the love of family.” — Maya Angelou

“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” — John C. Maxwell

“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” — Elizabeth Berg

“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” — Lee Iacocca

“Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” — J.K. Rowling

“Family and friends are hidden treasures; seek them and enjoy their riches.” — Wanda Hope Carter

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained.” — Winston Churchill

“To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” — Tia Walker

“Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us hope for tomorrow.” — Bill Owens

“At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.” — Mark V. Olsen

“If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.” — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“You need a rock-solid foundation of friends and family to keep you where you need to be.” — Lilly Singh

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” — Richard Bach

“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.” — Andre Maurois

“Family is family.” — Linda Linney

“In family relationships, love is really spelled T-I-M-E, time.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“I’ve always put my family first and that’s just the way it is.” — Jamie Lee Curtis

“Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” — Walt Disney

“There is nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy, or more exasperated, or more secure.” — Jim Butcher

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” — Proverbs 17:17

“The world, we had discovered, does not love you as your family loves you.” — Louis Zamperini

I hope you find these quotes inspiring!