Family Quote by Patti Callahan Henry

“The world is harsh and inconsiderate, and you can rely only on your family.”

— Gary Shteyngart

“I will live to the level of my own expectations, not others”

— Sara Wales

“As in most families, the mere struggle to have anything of one's own, to be one's self at all, creates an element of strain…

— Willa Cather

“Put no expectations on others, only on yourself. If you put no expectations on others they can not disappoint you.”

— Samantha Price

“You have spent your life trying to live up to everyones expectations, when you realize the only expectations you can't live up to is…

— Butch Carroll

“Can we allow our hearts to treat our people as members of your great family.”

— Khem Veasna

“It just shows that you may make a great stir in the world and yet sadly fail to impress the members of your own…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Treat people like family, and they will be loyal and give their all.”

— Arianna Huffington

“I think it's important to note that that takes work: family doesn't just happen; welcome isn't a neutral state. We have to tend to…

— R. Eric Thomas

“Scratch that… Family is love. Family is acceptance. Family is who you choose to surround yourself with. And those you can’t live without.”

— Ella Frank

“Some families are an odd melting pot of strangers with the occasional offering of obligation.”

— Donna Lynn Hope

“what makes a family a family isn’t doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love…

— Jodi Picoult