--- title: "12 Family Circle Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Family Circle quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Family Circle sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/dodie-smith-1724_blow_cruel-blows-of-fate-call-for-extreme-kin_1831537.png" --- > [Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/cruel-blows-of-fate-call-for-extreme-kindness-in-the-family-circle/) [Dodie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dodie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/dodie-smith-1724_blow_cruel-blows-of-fate-call-for-extreme-kin_1831537.png) > [Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freya-stark/few-are-the-giants-of-the-soul-who-actually-feel-that-the-human-race/) [Freya Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freya-stark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/freya-stark-3403_family_few-are-the-giants-of-the-soul-who-actua_1150697.png) > [The family circle is the supreme conductor of Christianity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-drummond/the-family-circle-is-the-supreme-conductor-of-christianity/) [Henry Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/henry-drummond-18931_christian_the-family-circle-is-the-supreme-conduct_1900704.png) > [“You need to step back from your family to decide who in your family circle is holding you back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-alden/you-need-to-step-back-from-your-family-to-decide-who-in-your-family/) [Michael Alden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-alden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/michael-alden-26223_decide_you-need-to-step-back-from-your-family-t_716190.jpg) > [Our family is a circle of strength and love...Our family with ever birth and every union the circle grows, our family is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-morgan/our-family-is-a-circle-of-strength-and-love-our-family-with-ever/) [Harriet Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/harriet-morgan-9185_and-love_our-family-is-a-circle-of-strength-and-l_886462.jpg) > [“...by her family circle. That was my phrase, one that could include me by some stretch of the imagination; 'circle' sounded too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/by-her-family-circle-that-was-my-phrase-one-that-could-include-me-by/) [Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/emma-donoghue-1499_choice-of-words_by-her-family-circle-that-was-my-phrase_2050601.png) > [My family has always been my circle. I know it might sound kind of weird, but if you know a little bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-beal/my-family-has-always-been-my-circle-i-know-it-might-sound-kind-of/) [Bradley Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-beal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/bradley-beal-6609_always_my-family-has-always-been-my-circle-i-kn_2569749.jpg) > [Family is your circle of life, its emotional but all together its that kind of love that made you who you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/family-is-your-circle-of-life-its-emotional-but-all-together-its-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/anonymous-1_circle-of-life_family-is-your-circle-of-life-its-emotio_1607063.jpg) > [How parents interact with each child as he or she enters the family circle determines in great part that child's final destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-leman/how-parents-interact-with-each-child-as-he-or-she-enters-the-family/) [Kevin Leman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-leman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/kevin-leman-21208_child_how-parents-interact-with-each-child-as_2648089.png) > [The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other. Each family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/the-universe-is-circles-within-circles-and-everything-is-one-circle/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c84/black-elk-6745_care_the-universe-is-circles-within-circles-a_1119870.jpg) > [The family circle has widened. The worldpool of information fathered by the electric media--movies, Telstar, flight--far surpassesany possible influence mom and dad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/the-family-circle-has-widened-the-worldpool-of-information-fathered/) [Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/marshall-mcluhan-641_bears_the-family-circle-has-widened-the-worldp_38781.png) > [As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-a-rule-you-see-i-m-not-lugged-into-family-rows-on-the-occasions/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/anonymous-1_advantage_as-a-rule-you-see-i-m-not-lugged-into-fa_1956793.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family-circle/#itemlist", "name": "Family Circle Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dodie Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dodie-smith/cruel-blows-of-fate-call-for-extreme-kindness-in-the-family-circle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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The worldpool of information fathered by the electric media--movies, Telstar, flight--far surpassesany possible influence mom and dad can now bring to bear. Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world's a sage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marshall McLuhan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/the-family-circle-has-widened-the-worldpool-of-information-fathered/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/marshall-mcluhan-641_bears_the-family-circle-has-widened-the-worldp_38781.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/marshall-mcluhan-641_bears_the-family-circle-has-widened-the-worldp_38781.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/marshall-mcluhan-641_bears_the-family-circle-has-widened-the-worldp_38781.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The family circle has widened. 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