East, west, home’s best.
—Common Proverb
My home is not a place, it is people.
—Lois McMaster Bujold (b.1949) American Novelist, Writer
Eighty per cent of our criminals come from unsympathetic homes.
—Hans Christian Andersen (1805–75) Danish Author, Poet, Short Story Writer
Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity. It makes their hearts pure and good, it lifts men up to their Father in heaven.
—Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827) Swiss Educator
A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.
—May Sarton (1912–95) American Children’s Books Writer, Poet, Novelist
Expanding and experiencing the mind is like coming home, while the former ‘home’ becomes more and more unimportant.
—Hans Taeger
Stint yourself, as you think good, in other things; but don’t scruple freedom in brightening home. Gay furniture and a brilliant garden are a sight day by day, and make life blither.
—Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet (1786–1845) English Politician, Social Reformer
No worldly success can compensate for failure in the home.
—David O. McKay (1873–1970) American Mormon Religious Leader
Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms.
—William Bennett (b.1943) American Politician, Political Theorist, Government Official
The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.
—David O. McKay (1873–1970) American Mormon Religious Leader
A woman’s place is in the home.
—Common Proverb
There’s no place like home.
—Common Proverb
A man is always nearest to his good when at home, and farthest from it when away.
—Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–81) American Novelist, Poet
For there we loved, and where we love is home,
Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
—Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet
America’s future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what it is taught, hence we must watch what we teach it, how we live before it.
—Jane Addams (1860–1935) American Social Activist, Political Activist, Author, Lecturer
Nothing annoys a woman more than to have company drop in unexpectedly and find the house looking as it usually does.
—Frank Lane (1896–1981) American Sportsperson, Businessperson
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
—Charles Caleb Colton (1780–1832) English Angelic Priest, Writer, Collector
There are things you just can’t do in life. You can’t beat the phone company, you can’t make a waiter see you until he’s ready to see you, and you can’t go home again.
—Bill Bryson (1951–95) American Humorist, Author, Educator
I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes — and six months later you have to start all over again.
—Joan Rivers (b.1933) American Comedian, TV Personality, Actor
Charity begins at home.
—Common Proverb
Cooking: An art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.
—Richard Burton (1925–84) Welsh Actor
When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger to the place he loves, and its people.
—William Morris (1834–96) British Designer, Craftsman, Poet, Writer
Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life’s undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind us much debris of cast-off and everyday clothing.
—Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–96) American Abolitionist, Author
If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
—William Morris (1834–96) British Designer, Craftsman, Poet, Writer
An Englishman’s home is his castle.
—Common Proverb