Quotes Series VIII: Home Is Where The Heart Is

Hello all! In light with my pending trip home (this Wednesday!). I thought that I would bring you a two-part special of the quotes series on the topics being home and Ireland. I make two trips home a year and I live for them. As much as I love my life here in Berlin, it is such a comfort to be back home with my family for a while and meet up with old friends for some fun and gallivanting. Anyone one of you who lives abroad will totally understand how I feel. In fact some of you might not even have had to leave your home to understand. Therefore, I bring to you my 10 favorite quotes about being at home.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home – Mother Teresa

You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s alright – Maya Angelou

Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart’s tears can dry at their own pace – Vernon Baker

Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our afterlife melodies and harmonies of old remembered joy – Henry Ward Beecher

Home is the place that goes where you go, yet it welcomes you upon your return. Like a dog overjoyed at the door. We’ve missed you is what you hear, no matter how long you’ve been home – Michael  J. Rosen

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it – memory, friends you can trust, love of learning and other such things. That way it will go wherever you journey – Tad Williams

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home’s potential for positive influence – Stephen Covey

Home is the place we love best and grumble the most – Billy Sunday

When I go home, it is an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters – Tony Stewart

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night – Margaret Mead