Family Inspirational Quotes for Family Gatherings and Holidays

by Kim on December 23, 2009


As the Holidays approach, this is the perfect time for a few  family  inspirational quotes as you prepare to gather with family and friends.

I don’t know about your family, but mine comes with lots of drama, along with plenty of love. The best thing about family is that it means different things to different people. Regardless of what family means to you, it’s all about the bonds that tie.

Now whether you are looking forward to seeing family or dreading it – I’m sure you can appreciate family inspirational quotes that will make you shake your head in agreement, bring a smile to your face, or urge you to appreciate the people you refer to as relatives.

The Good:

The family:  We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~ Erma Bombeck

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.  Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.  ~ Jane Howard

In time of test, family is best.  ~ Burmese Proverb

The Bad:

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

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go by any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds; they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Funny:

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

One of life’s greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn’t good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.  ~  Proverb

The Family: That dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.  ~  Dodie Smith

Friends are God’s apology for relations.  ~  Hugh Kingsmill

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ~  George Bernard Shaw

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.  ~  George Burns

Lastly, we all can use a little wisdom from family inspirational quotes, so check these out:

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.  ~  Jim Rohn

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

I hope you enjoyed these family inspirational quotes. They offer the opportunity to reflect on the people who have or had a profound impact on your life.


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