“The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. — Billy Graham”

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

“The family is the nucleus of civilization. — Will Durant”

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

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

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

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

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

“I sustain myself with the love of family. — Maya Angelou”

“Family isn’t an important thing. It’s everything. — Michael J. Fox”

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

“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 strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. — Confucius”

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

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

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

“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family. — Mother Teresa”

“Legacy. What is legacy? It is planting seeds in a garden you will never get to see. — Lin-Manuel Miranda”

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. — Warren Buffett”

“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman”

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. — Denis Waitley”

“Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. — Carl Jung”

“Your children need your presence more than your presents. — Jesse Jackson”

“We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for wisdom, so we must reach ahead to those who come after us. — Paul Tsongas”

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou”

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. — Kofi Annan”

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. — Greek Proverb”

“As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. — Pope John Paul II”

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

“To put the world right in order, we must first put the family in order. — Confucius”

“Family. Where life begins and love never ends.”

“Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.”

“Home is where your story begins.”

“The love of family is life’s greatest blessing.”

“In time of test, family is best. — Burmese Proverb”

“Together is my favorite place to be.”

“Family makes a house a home. — Jennifer Hudson”

“When we have each other, we have everything.”

“Family and health are above everything.”

“A man should never neglect his family for business. — Walt Disney”

“Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy. — Criss Jami”

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. — Thomas Campbell”

“Family is everything. — Cristiano Ronaldo”

“Find your tribe. Love them hard.”

“Home is the nicest word there is. — Laura Ingalls Wilder”

“Legacy is not leaving something for people. It is leaving something in people. — Peter Strople”

“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. — William James”

“Your greatest contribution may not be something you do but someone you raise.”

“Put your family in order. — Jordan Peterson”

“Even though your time here is temporary, if you do a good enough job, your work will last forever.”

“Family. A little bit of crazy, a little bit of loud, and a whole lot of love.”

“When you love what you have, you have everything you need.”

“The more you understand and accept your roots, the more beautiful you become.”

“Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.”

“The greatest purpose of life is to live it for something that will last longer than you. — William James”

“What you leave as a legacy is not what is etched in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.”

“The deeds you do for yourself are gone when you pass away, but the deeds you do for others remain as your legacy.”

“It is up to us to live based on the legacy left behind for us, and to leave our own that is worthy of our children, their children, and their children’s children. — Christine Gregoire”

“We build our legacies piece by piece. Maybe the world will remember you, or perhaps just a few people. But you do anything you can to make sure you are still around after you leave. — David Lowery”

“Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.”

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

“Your legacy is etched in the hearts and minds of your children and grandchildren.”

“Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family. — J.S. Bryan”

“The family is not only an institution but a foundation — the foundation of nearly all institutions. — G.K. Chesterton”

“If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace. — Thich Nhat Hanh”

“Our legacy will be defined by the boldness with which our daughters and sons take on the challenges the world faces. — Naveen Jain”

“It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand — their stories sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones. — Mitch Albom”

“The greatest inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. — O.A. Battista”

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

“Character is the only true legacy. Everything else is just property. — Anonymous”

“A family’s values are not written in a will. They are written in the way each person lives every single day.”

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. — Charles R. Swindoll”

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

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. — Angela Schwindt”

“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. — Henry Ward Beecher”

“Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam”

“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”

“Your parents miss you and wish you would call. Later you will miss them and wish you could. — Paul Graham”

“I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. — Deborah Norville”

“As a child, the love I had from my two parents allowed me to take risks knowing that if I failed, I could always come home to a family of love and support. — Tiger Woods”

“I’m inspired by the love people have for their children. They make me want to make the world a little bit better. — Barack Obama”

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

“Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there anymore. — Robin Hobb”

“The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. — C.S. Lewis”

“Your legacy on this planet when you leave is how many hearts you touched. — Patti Davis”

“I love people. I love my family, my children. But inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where you renew your springs that never dry up. — Pearl S. Buck”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. — Martin Luther King Jr.”

“Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents. — Abraham Lincoln”

“Our stories are the greatest legacy we will leave to future generations. — Steve Saint”

“Language lets us reach out to people, to touch them with our deepest fears, hopes, losses, and victories. It is the single greatest legacy you could ever leave to your children or your loved ones. — Simon Van Booy”

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

“The greatest legacy you can leave to your kids are happy memories — those special moments kept in tiny boxes that lay unopened on shelves until one day they fall out, and time repeats with joy and sadness in the child who is now an adult. — Og Mandino”

“Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provides strength and support today, and gives us hope for tomorrow. — Bill Owens”

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

“If you don’t want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

“The simple act of sharing family stories may be the most valuable legacy you can leave.”

“Today’s normal is tomorrow’s fascinating. What feels ordinary now will be extraordinary to those who come after you.”

“A photo without a story is just a face. A story without a photo is just a memory. Together, they become a legacy.”

“Traditions are not rules. They are love made visible. Pass them on.”

“The most important stories to preserve are the ones that answer questions your descendants will wish they could ask you.”

“Every family has a story the world hasn’t heard yet. Tell yours.”

“Your story legacy is built in small pieces — a voice note, a letter, a recipe, a lesson learned the hard way. Each one matters more than you know.”

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

“The greatest inheritance you can pass on to your children and grandchildren is more than money or material possessions. It is a legacy of character and faith. — Billy Graham”

“Children are the keys of paradise. — Eric Hoffer”

“A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on. — Carl Sandburg”

“Children learn to smile from their parents. — Shinichi Suzuki”

“There is no job more important than parenting. — Ben Carson”

“To nourish children and raise them against odds is, in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons. — Marilyn French”

“I don’t know who my grandfather was. I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. — Abraham Lincoln”

“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. — Frank A. Clark”

“Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. — Michael Levine”

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

“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.”

“A grandparent’s love is the bridge between the past your children will never see and the future you will never witness.”

“The stories you tell your grandchildren today will shape the people they become tomorrow.”

“Leave your grandchildren not just a name — leave them a story they can carry with pride.”

“Your greatest contribution may not be something you do but someone you raise.”

“Grandparents are the family’s living treasure — the keepers of stories, the givers of roots, and the builders of wings.”

“The best thing you can give your grandchildren is the knowledge of where they come from and the certainty that they are loved.”

“What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us. — Ted Kennedy”

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

“The family you create is more important than the family you come from.”

“Be relentless in health, wealth, and family. The rest is background noise. — Maxime Lagacé”

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C.S. Lewis”

“Authentic legacies include struggles alongside triumphs. The hardest stories often teach the most valuable lessons.”

“A family that endures hardship together and still loves each other is not just a family — it is a fortress.”

“Resilience is not something you are born with. It is something your family teaches you, often without words.”

“The roots of a strong family run deep enough to hold even in the fiercest storms.”

“You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but you can leave them the memory of a parent who never quit.”

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will — and families pass that will on. — Mahatma Gandhi”

“I’ve learned through the years that it is not where you live, it is the people who surround you that make you feel at home. — J.B. McGee”

“The family is the test of freedom, because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. — Gilbert K. Chesterton”

“Hard times reveal what a family is truly made of. And most families, when tested, are made of more than they knew.”

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. — Thomas Campbell”

“It did not matter how big our house was. It mattered that there was love in it. — Peter Buffett”

“Those we love don’t go away. They walk beside us every day — unseen, unheard, but always near.”

“A life well-lived is a legacy that death cannot erase.”

“They may be gone from our sight, but never from our hearts. Their legacy lives in every choice we make.”

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”

“The best way to honor those we have lost is to live a life worthy of the legacy they left.”

“Death ends a life, not a relationship. The bond of family is stronger than any goodbye. — Mitch Albom”

“Their chapter may have ended, but the story they started lives on in all of us.”

“In the end, it is not the years in a life that count. It is the life in the years — and the love left behind.”

“Grief is not the end of love. It is love with nowhere left to go — until you pass it on to the next generation.”

“We honor the dead best not by mourning them, but by carrying forward the values they lived by.”

“They planted trees they would never sit under. We sit in the shade of their love every day.”