A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.
In time of test, family is best.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
Family is not an important thing. It's everything.
Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
Family is the compass that guides us; a place where our journey begins and love never ends.
The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Family is where life begins and love never ends.
Family is the first school for young children, and parents are powerful models.
Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.