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George Bernard ShawPerhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Karl JungThe greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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André GideFamilies, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.

—  André Gide, 1869-1951, French writer, Nobel 1947

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Karl KrausFamily life is an encroachment on private life.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Jim RohnYour 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, 1930-2009, American self-help speker

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George Bernard ShawA happy family is but an earlier heaven.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Mignon McLaughlinOne of life's few really reliable pleasures: to have a family you love, and to leave them for a week.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Robert FrostThe greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended — and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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Walt DisneyA man should never neglect his family for business.

—  Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist

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Friedrich von SchlegelA family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

—  Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer

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Zig ZiglarMaking the family a top priority will invariably bring success.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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Zig ZiglarThe key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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John WoodenThe most important thing in the world is family and love.

—  John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach

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Bill VaughanThe best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other

—  Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist

Mother TeresaWhat can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

—  Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary

Robert HeinleinWe lived like that “Happy Family“ you sometimes see in traveling zoos: a lion caged with a lamb. It is a startling exhibit but the lamb has to be replaced frequently.

—  Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer

Arthur Conan DoyleA dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

—  Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, British writer

Charles DickensFamily not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we‘d give blood.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

Quotes in Verse

Louise GlückOf two sisters
one is always the watcher,
one the dancer.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

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Funny Quotes

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

—  George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian

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Zsa Zsa GaborI believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.

—  Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress

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Ashleigh BrilliantIf you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Movie Quotes

Zorba the Greek (1964)Am I not a man? And is a man not stupid? I'm a man, so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe.

—  from the film Zorba the Greek (1964)

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