Home is where the heart is, as they say.  That's why inspiring quotes about home and family are of such value to us. They remind us of what really matters.  Some of our list of 25 quotes are funny, some are wise, and all are good reminders of the deep meaning that home and family have for each of us.  Please add other quotes you know of in the comments. Share and enjoy!

Quotes About Home:

 

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.  -Maya Angelou

 

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.  -Benjamin Franklin

 

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.  -Margaret Thatcher

 

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.  -Robert Frost

 

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.  -Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.  -John Ed Pearce

 

Home ought to be our clearinghouse, the place from which we go forth lessoned and disciplined, and ready for life.  -Kathleen Norris

 

The light is what guides you home, the warmth is what keeps you there.  -Ellie Rodriguez

 

I've always wanted to have a neighbor just like you. I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.               -Fred Rogers

 

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

Quotes About Family:

 

Having a place to go - is a home. Having someone to love - is a family. Having both - is a blessing.       -Donna Hedges

 

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.  -George Bernard Shaw.

 

Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts.  -Unknown

 

I sustain myself with the love of family.  -Maya Angelou

 

You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.  -Elizabeth Berg

 

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.          -Abraham Lincoln

 

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.  -Voltaire

 

The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.  -Mother Teresa

 

The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.  -Tim Russert

 

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.  -Buddy Hackett

 

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

 

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relatives.  -Oscar Wilde

 

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.  -Ogden Nash

 

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

 

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

 

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