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title: "12 Family Religious Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Family Religious quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Family Religious sayings and thoughts."
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> [All my life I thank God. My family was very religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pel/all-my-life-i-thank-god-my-family-was-very-religious/)

[Pele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/pel-6980_family_all-my-life-i-thank-god-my-family-was-ve_1466904.png)

> [My family is very religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-urie/my-family-is-very-religious/)

[Brendon Urie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendon-urie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/brendon-urie-1879_catholic_my-family-is-very-religious-162931_162931.png)

> [My family was very religious, my mom and my grandmother, and that got to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-favors/my-family-was-very-religious-my-mom-and-my-grandmother-and-that-got/)

[Derrick Favors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-favors/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/derrick-favors-10364_catholic_my-family-was-very-religious-my-mom-and_57343.jpg)

> [I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-mills/i-was-brought-up-catholic-and-my-family-is-still-very-religious/)

[Donna Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-mills/)

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> [My family are very, very religious in Texas. They're Southern Baptists. I left to go to New York when I was 17…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-collins/my-family-are-very-very-religious-in-texas-they-re-southern-baptists/)

[Lynn Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/lynn-collins-28971_baptist_my-family-are-very-very-religious-in-tex_228207.jpg)

> [I'm from Columbia, S.C., and my family is very religious. We'd go to church and Sunday school and we always had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jermaine-o-neal/i-m-from-columbia-s-c-and-my-family-is-very-religious-we-d-go-to/)

[Jermaine O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jermaine-o-neal/)

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> [I was an altar boy, I took catechism classes and religion classes, and I prayed a lot as a child. My family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/i-was-an-altar-boy-i-took-catechism-classes-and-religion-classes-and/)

[Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/)

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> [My family is not only not religious, but my parents are both - they're secularists. My father is actually an atheist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-batuman/my-family-is-not-only-not-religious-but-my-parents-are-both-they-re/)

[Elif Batuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-batuman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/elif-batuman-2172_atheist_my-family-is-not-only-not-religious-but_406325.png)

> [I try to be - well, not holy - but my whole family is very religious, and I want to be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-gamble/i-try-to-be-well-not-holy-but-my-whole-family-is-very-religious-and-i/)

[Nathan Gamble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-gamble/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/nathan-gamble-66480_family_i-try-to-be-well-not-holy-but-my-whole-f_2954511.jpg)

> [Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-nightingale/religion-was-important-to-me-my-family-and-i-were-very-religious-i/)

[Florence Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-nightingale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/florence-nightingale-2561_believe_religion-was-important-to-me-my-family-a_1345777.png)

> [Even though my dad came from a family that was very religious, he was actually the first one who bought and let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bretman-rock/even-though-my-dad-came-from-a-family-that-was-very-religious-he-was/)

[Bretman Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bretman-rock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/bretman-rock-6398_dad_even-though-my-dad-came-from-a-family-th_2382638.jpg)

> [Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-solti/although-both-sides-of-my-family-were-religious-i-was-never-forced-to/)

[Georg Solti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-solti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/georg-solti-26743_both-sides_although-both-sides-of-my-family-were-re_351661.jpg)

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