Short Inspirational Family Quotes

and some funny family quotes

Short Inspirational Family Quotes can be funny too. I like the way Evan Esar defined the family.

"Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space."

"The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled.

So, unless we work to strengthen the family, to create conditions under which most parents will stay together, all the rest — schools, playgrounds, and public assitance, and private concern — will never be enough."

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Short Inspirational Family Quotes



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

“When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.” -Joyce Brothers

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

“An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.” -Spanish Proverb

“The family is one of nature's masterpieces.” - George Santayana

"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter." - Brad Henry

“Other things may change us, but we start and end with family” - Anthony Brandt

"We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together." Walt Disney

"All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning." Henry David Thoreau

"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live." - Pope John Paul II

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

Funny Short Inspirational Family Quotes

"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."George Burns

"The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven’s lieutenants." - Shakespeare

"Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground." - Francis Bacon

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." - Jane Howard

"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony." - Eva Burrows

"We cannot destroy kindred: our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break." - Marquise de Sévigné

"The family is the school of duties - founded on love." Felix Adler

Short Inspirational Family Quotes and a joke:

Fred is 32 years old and he is still single.
One day a friend asked, "Why aren't you married? Can't you find a woman who will be a good wife?"
Fred replied, "Actually, I've found many women I wanted to marry, but when I bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn't like them."

His friend thinks for a moment and says, "I've got the perfect solution, just find a blonde who's just like your mother."

A few months later they meet again and his friend says, "Did you find the perfect blonde? Did your mother like her?"
With a frown on his face, Fred answers, "Yes, I found the perfect blonde. She was just like my mother. You were right, my mother liked her very much."

The friend said, "Then what's the problem?"
Fred replied, "My father doesn't like her."

More of Short Inspirational Family Quotes

Quotes about Mothers

Quotes about Fathers

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