All families are different. Some are happy, some are crazy, and some are even dysfunctional. However, there is something special about the makeup of families and they are crucial to the health of our sanity and well-being. For most, a family is the most important thing in their world and by reading the following quotes, you will see that this is also true for some of our favorite well-known leaders and celebrities as well.
I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to Hell, the people who stand by you without flinching, they are your family.
~ Jim Butcher
Family is not an important things, it’s everything.
~ Michael J Fox
Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.
~ David Ogden Stiers
Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
~ Brad Henry
Family is the most important thing in the world.
~ Princess Diana
One’s family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: one of these days I’ll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who’ll be with me will be my family.
~ Robert Byrd
There’s camaraderie and the family bonding that goes into sitting down and talking about your day over dinner in the evening.
~ Nadine Burke
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
~ Charles Kuralt
Family is always the most important part.
~ Exaterina Gordeeva
The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
~ Kamisese Mara
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you.
~ Desmond Tutu
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
~ Ogden Nash
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
~ John Bowring
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
~ George Moore.
Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.
~ Gail Lumet Buckley
The best thing about families is that a blood relation is not always necessary. For many, a family is simply a group of people who are always there for them and will accept them as they are. My prayer for you is that you have the family that you are looking for and always have a place to call home.