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Quotes about family, home and the bonds that hold us. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest family quotes ever written — from Robert Frost, Khalil Gibran, Rudyard Kipling and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

— Robert Frost

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

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

— Khalil Gibran

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

— Rudyard Kipling

Sister to sister we will always be, a couple of nuts off the family tree.

Grandmothers always have time to talk and make you feel special.

The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather.

— Christina Rossetti

Grandmothers are the keepers of family stories and the bakers of the best cookies.

There is always something to look forward to on the weekend: rest, family, and freedom.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

— Leo Tolstoy

An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.

— Spanish Proverb

The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.

— African Proverb

Family need not be defined merely by last name or by blood; it is defined by commitment and by love.

— Charles Dickens

Neighbours are the family we choose for ourselves — the good ones, anyway.

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

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

— Leo Tolstoy

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

Brothers aren't just family; they're built-in best friends for life.

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

— Victor Hugo

Sisters may drive you crazy, get into your stuff, and irritate you. However, if anyone else dares say so, a sister will defend you to the death.

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.

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