The 125 Best Thankful for Family Quotes and Messages

When we think of reasons to be thankful, family is always top of the list. Which is why we have put together a list of all the best thankful for family quotes for your next post. And if you’re looking for short thankful for family messages, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

Short Thankful for Family Quotes

“I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.” — Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford

“I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.” — Reba McEntire

“Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.” — Wanda Hope Carter

“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” — John Wooden

“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” — Mario Puzo

“The family is the first essential cell of human society.” — Pope John XXIII

“Love makes a family.” — Florence Nightingale

“The world, we’d discovered, doesn’t love you like your family loves you.” — Louis Zamperini

“One’s family is the most important thing in life.” — Robert Byrd

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” — George Bernard Shaw

“The family is a haven in a heartless world.” — Christopher Lasch

“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox

“My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” — Michael Imperioli

“My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family.” — Siri Hustvedt

“The family is the school of duties… founded on love.” — Felix Adler

“Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — David Ogden Stiers

“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” — John C. Maxwell

“Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.” ― Pierce Brown

“The memories we make with our family is everything.” — Candace Cameron Bure

“Where there is lasting love, there is a family.” — Shere Hite

“A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it.” — Mary Karr

“Families are like fudge—mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” — Les Dawson

“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.” — Alex Haley

“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” ― Anthony Brandt

“I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.” — Jet Li

“Family life is the source of the greatest human happiness.” — Robert J. Havighurst

“I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family.” — José Carreras

“I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.” — Barbara Bush

“Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” — Mitch Albom

“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.” — Buddha

“Family is family.” — Linda Linney

“Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” — Irina Shayk

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

“Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — Stitch

“My family really does come first. It always did and always will.” — Meryl Streep

“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” — Barbara Bush

“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” — Albert Einstein

“Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” — Walt Disney

“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” — Romans 12:9

“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Santayana

“When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” — Guy Lafleur

“Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family.” — Paul Pearsall

“We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.” — Coco

“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” — Peter Buffett

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

“Family is the most important thing in the world.” — Princess Diana

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Thank You Messages for Friends, Thankful for Friends Quotes, Thank You Messages for Teachers, Feeling Blessed Quotes and Thankful Captions.

Thankful Family Quotes

“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 family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” — Elizabeth Berg

“Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” — Anthony Liccione

“The 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

“In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.” ― Anna Quindlen

“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” — George A. Moore

“Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.” ― Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” — Lisa Weed

“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” — Richard Bach

“I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.” ― Lee Iacocca

“If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.” — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion.” — Niki Taylor

“Think of your family today and every day thereafter, don’t let the busy world of today keep you from showing how much you love and appreciate your family.” ― Josiah

“In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.” ― Marge Kennedy

“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” — Lee Iacocca

“Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they’re driving you crazy. As much as they make you mad, interrupt you, annoy you, curse at you, try to control you, these are the people who know you the best and who love you.” ― Jenna Morasca

“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“The love of family and the admiration of friends are much more important than wealth and privilege.” — Charles Kuralt

“A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.” — Brad Pitt

“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

“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

“Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.” — Donna Hedges

“The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.” — Marge Kennedy

“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” — Brad Henry

“Family strengthen each other during storms. They help us to be strong. After all, it is a family tradition. Our roots are deeper, our hearts are stronger, we never give up.” ― Karen L Madewell

“So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty.” ― Haniel Long

“There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy, or more exasperated, or more secure.” — Jim Butcher

“Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” — Gail Lumet Buckley

“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching–they are your family.” — Jim Butcher

“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” ― Lisa Weed

“You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it’s all about family.” — Rod Stewart

“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” ― Brad Henry

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues… are created, strengthened and maintained.” — Winston Churchill

“A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other’s individual aims and aspirations.” — Buzz Aldrin

“Home should be an anchor, a port in a storm, a refuge, a happy place in which to dwell, a place where we are loved and where we can love.” ― Marvin J. Ashton

“It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family.” — Menacheim Begin

“The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness.” — Nancy Mitford

“Our family is a circle of strength and love…Our family with every birth and every union the circle grows, our family is a circle of strength. Every crisis faced together makes the circle stronger.” ― Harriet Morgan

Thankful for Family Messages

In the rhythm of life, my family’s love is the sweetest melody. For this, I am deeply thankful.

My family’s love and guidance are the greatest gifts. I am profoundly thankful for each moment with them.

In every shared smile and every tender hug, I find reasons to be thankful for my family.

Within the heart of my family, I find endless reasons to be thankful. They are my guiding light.

Gratitude flows freely when I think of my family. They are my rock in shifting sands.

My heart overflows with gratitude for the gift of my family. They are my true north.

For the laughter, tears, and countless memories, I thank my family. They are my cherished circle of love.

For the support, the laughter, and the love, I am immeasurably thankful to my family.

To my family, who nurtures my dreams and soothes my fears, I owe an ocean of thanks.

My family is my sanctuary, where love and gratitude bloom in abundance.

My family’s love is my fortress. In their embrace, I find endless gratitude.

Gratitude doesn’t begin to cover what I feel for my family. They are my compass and comfort.

To my family, who fills my life with joy and purpose, I am forever grateful.

Thankful is too small a word for the colossal love and support my family gives me.

My family is the portrait of love and strength. I am eternally grateful to be part of it.

Every moment with my family is a treasure. Their presence is a gift for which I’m eternally grateful.

Thank You Messages to Family to Show Your Appreciation

Thank you for being you — I love you so much!

I appreciate everything you’ve done for me!

Thank you for always making me smile. I truly appreciate all of you.

To my family — thank you for all that you do. Your support means the world to me.

Thank you all for being so incredible. I feel so grateful to have such a loving family.

I appreciate your immense kindness and am so thankful to have such an amazing person in my life.

Thank you for always being so thoughtful!

Thank you to the most amazing family I could have asked for.

I hit the jackpot with you all. I love all of you so much!

Thank you for your loving guidance. I appreciate all your thoughtfulness.

I don’t say it enough, but I am so thankful to have you all in my life. I love you so much.

Just wanted to thank you all for being so awesome! I truly have the best family!

Thank you for being a constant source of support. I truly appreciate your words of wisdom.

Thanks for being so wonderful!! I love you so much!

When I’m feeling low, I know I can always count on you all. Thank you for being such a supportive family.

You are all my favorite people, and I’m thankful for each and every one of you. I love you!

Thanks for being the best family ever. I love you.

Thanks for your constant guidance and love.

Thank you for always supporting my dreams!

Thanks for your constant guidance and love.

Thanks for being my rock — I’m so grateful to have you in my life.

Thank you to the most incredible family I could ask for. You all are the most important people in the world to me.

I wanted to say thank you for always being there for me. I feel very lucky to have such a wonderful person in my life.

So that is it for our list of Thankful for Family Quotes and Messages. We hope you found the perfect one!