“Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.”
John Howard Payne
HomeComfort
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Family Quotes
Read 200 of the best family quotes about home, mothers, siblings, parents and the love that holds families together, from Dickens, Austen, the Bible and more.
“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”
Robert Frost
HomeBelonging
“To make a happy fire-side clime to weans and wife, that's the true pathos and sublime of human life.”
Robert Burns
Happy HomeFamily Life
“Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest; home-keeping hearts are happiest.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
HomeHappiness
“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to.”
Charles Dickens
HomeLove
“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
Jane Austen
HomeComfort
“There is no place like home.”
L. Frank Baum
HomeBelonging
“Home is where the heart is.”
Pliny the Elder
HomeLove
“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.”
George Washington
MothersGratitude
“Mothers' arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.”
Victor Hugo
MothersTenderness
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
Honoré de Balzac
MothersForgiveness
“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”
Traditional Jewish Proverb
MothersFaith
“Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of 'Mother.'”
Edgar Allan Poe
MothersLove
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us.”
Washington Irving
MothersSupport
“The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”
Henry Ward Beecher
MothersTeaching
“A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
MothersLove
“For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather.”
Christina Rossetti
SistersFriendship
“We came into the world like brother and brother; and now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.”
William Shakespeare
BrothersEquality
“A little more than kin, and less than kind.”
William Shakespeare
Complicated FamiliesWit
“Wishing to order well their States, they first regulated their families.”
Confucius
SocietyFamily Values
“The root of the empire is in the State. The root of the State is in the family.”
Mencius
SocietyFoundation
“The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.”
Aristotle
NatureFamily Life
“The family is a test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.”
G. K. Chesterton
FreedomFamily Values
“Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.”
Oscar Wilde
RelativesFunny
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”
Oscar Wilde
ParentsForgiveness
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About Family Quotes
Family is where life begins and love never ends. It is the people who know us best, laugh at our jokes, forgive our mistakes and stand by us when everything else falls apart. Every family is different, noisy or quiet, big or small, but the bonds of home shape who we are for the rest of our lives.
This collection brings together 200 of the best family quotes about home, mothers, siblings, parents, grandparents and the love that holds families together, from Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Victor Hugo, Robert Burns, Confucius and the Bible. Use them for family photo captions, Mother's Day cards, reunion messages or a simple reminder of what matters most.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Family quotes.
What is the most famous quote about family?
John Howard Payne's "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home" is one of the most famous family and home quotes ever written. Psalm 133:1, "how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity," is another classic.
What are good quotes about mothers?
Victor Hugo wrote that "mothers' arms are made of tenderness," and Balzac said a mother's heart always holds forgiveness. The traditional saying "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers" is a favourite for Mother's Day cards.
What are good quotes about siblings?
Christina Rossetti wrote "there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather," and Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors ends with two brothers going "hand in hand, not one before another."
What are funny family quotes?
Oscar Wilde described relatives as "a tedious pack of people," and Charles Dickens joked that "accidents will occur in the best-regulated families." Mark Twain added that familiarity breeds contempt "and children."
What does the Bible say about family?
The Bible says "God setteth the solitary in families" (Psalm 68:6), warns that a divided house "cannot stand" (Mark 3:25) and praises mothers whose children "call her blessed" (Proverbs 31:28).
What are short family quotes for Instagram captions?
Try "No place like home," "Home is where the heart is," "How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity," or "No friend like a sister." They work well with family photos and reunion posts.