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quotes about family

I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.  ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, “Identity Crisis,” M*A*S*H

Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!  ~Albert Einstein

It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.  ~Johann Schiller

The family is a haven in a heartless world.  ~Attributed to Christopher Lasch

Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.  ~Author Unknown

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

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

Blood’s thicker than water, and when one’s in trouble
Best to seek out a relative’s open arms.
~Author Unknown

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.  ~Thomas Jefferson, 1813

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.  ~Barbara Bush

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.  ~George Bernard Shaw

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness.  ~Nancy Mitford

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.  ~Thomas Jefferson

And thank you for a house full of people I love.  Amen.  ~Terri Guillemets