We never quite understand the beauty of having a family. Growing up, we underestimate the pillar of strength that our parents are. We take the love of our grandparents’ for granted and spend hours being annoyed with our siblings. It’s only when we grow up, get entangled in a web of responsibilities and relationships, do we start valuing the people who we call family.
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From our blood relations to our spouse and our children, having a family, a little world of your own is truly special. They are the ones we can bank on, the ones we can blindly trust and the ones we can never stop loving, no matter what. If you agree with me, then here’s a little something I’ve compiled that you can share with your family. If you’ve been wanting to tell them how special they are, here are 32 family quotes that’ll help you put across your point without actually having to type much. From heartfelt quotes to funny ones and melodramatic Bollywood dialogues, you’re sure to find something that stands true for your family.
Famous Quotes About Family
1. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family. ” – Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty
2. “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
3. “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, Invisible Monsters
4. “One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” – Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
5. “Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.” – Ann Brashares, Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
6. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.” – Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
7. “Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.” – Robin Hobb, Fool’s Fate
8. “You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” – Frederick Buechner
9. “Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.” – Pierce Brown, Golden Son
10. “Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.” – Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key
11. “Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.” – Mother Teresa
12. “Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.” – Mitch Albom
13. “This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.” – Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
Funny Quotes About Family
1. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns
2. “My dear young cousin, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.” – Rick Riordan, The Sea Of Monsters
3. “When your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.” – Erma Bombeck
4. “Families are like fudge – mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” – Les Dawson
5. “From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we would just stretch, but occasionally one of us would actually get up to go to the fridge.” – Jarod Kintz
6. “I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance -waiting for the bathroom.” – Bob Hope
7. “The advantage of having only one child is that you always know who did it.” – Erma Bombeck
8. “I know family comes first, but shouldn’t that mean after breakfast?” – Jeff Lindsay
9. “Having a child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.” – David Frost
10. “A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.” – Ogden Nash
11. “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
12. “Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.” – John Stewart
Bollywood Dialogues About Family
1. “Har family mein problem hai … par woh khush naseeb hai jinki family hoti hai” – Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
2. “Kabhi kabhi ghar ke bachche … ghar ke badhon ko sahi raaste dekha dete hain.” – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
3. “Zindagi mein agar kuch banna ho, kuch haasil karna ho, kuch jeetna ho … toh hamesha dil ki suno … aur agar dil bhi koi jawab na de toh aankhen band karke apni maa aur papa ka naam lo … phir dekhna har manzil paar kar jaoge, har mushkil aasaan ho jayegi … jeet tumhari hogi, sirf tumhari” – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
4. “Meera … Kevin … maybe you’re very busy but have a family … son … daughter. In this big world, it is your small little world. It will make you feel so good.” – English Vinglish
5. “Family … family can never be … never be … never be judgmental. Family will never put you down, will never make you feel small. Family is the only one who will never laugh at your weaknesses. Family is the only place where you will always get love and respect.” – English Vinglish
6. “Magar hamare desi maa-baap kabhi maan nahi sakte ki unke bachcho mein utni akkal aa gayi hain ke apni marzi se jeeye. Jab tak dum mein dum hai, ye log apne bachcho ki zindagi mein kam se kam ek tang to adaye rehte hai.” – Dil Dhadakne Do
7. “Panjaabi mother-in-law se kuch bhi khatranak nahi hota..Iss duniyan mein….!” – 2 States
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