Powerful words to prove family is everything

Share these special words on the importance of family with the special people in your life, curated by the Funtides review team.

“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.¨ — Khalil Gibran

“So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty.” — Haniel Long

“A man should never neglect his family for business.” — Walt Disney

“The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career.” ― C.S. Lewis

“Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.¨ — Margaret Mead

“Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” – Anthony Liccione

“There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.¨ — Jerry Seinfeld

“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” ― Ellen DeGeneres

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

“Parents are like God because you wanna know they’re out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something.”― Chuck Palahniuk

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

“The greatest gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you.” — Kendall Hailey

“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”― Matt Groening

“Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.” – Donna Hedges

“Being part of a family means smiling for photos.” –Harry Morgan

“That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.”― Deb Caletti

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

“Family is family.” – Linda Linney

“In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb

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