Love as a family value
Love is the value most families pick first, and the hardest to put on a wall without sounding like a greeting card. The trick is to name what love looks like on an ordinary Tuesday: who gets picked up from practice, who saves a plate, who says it first after an argument. A creed line about love works best when it is specific enough that your kids could catch you breaking it.
Family mottos about love
- Love above all
- Love always
- Love out loud
- Love wins
- Love deeply. Be kind.
- Love deeply. Stand together. Forgive freely.
- Love and generosity
Latin mottos with love
In Latin, love is Amor; “by” or “with love” is Amore. Paired with another value it makes a classic two-word motto.
- Amor Vincit Omnia
- Love conquers all
- Ubi Amor, Ibi Domus
- Where there is love, there is home
- Amore et Benignitate
- By love and kindness
- Amore et Fidelitate
- By love and faithfulness
- Amore et Clementia
- By love and mercy
- Amore et Liberalitate
- By love and generosity
- Amore et Perseverantia
- By love and perseverance
- Amore et Humilitate
- By love and humility
- Amore et Iustitia
- By love and justice
Creed lines about love
Classic (timeless and formal)
We love one another without condition and without end.
Love is the first law of this house.
We love in word and in deed, through all our years.
Warm (heartfelt and plain-spoken)
We love each other out loud, every single day.
We say “I love you” often, and we mean it every time.
Our love is the place we always come home to.
Playful (funny, but still true)
We love each other, even before coffee.
We hug first and ask questions later.
We love each other more than snacks. Most snacks.
A sample creed built around love
This is what the generator writes for a family whose answers put love first, in the classic tone. Your family's own answers will change the lines, and you can edit every one.
Here is what our family stands for:
We love in word and in deed, through all our years.
We show kindness to all who cross our threshold.
We keep faith with one another, from the cradle to the last goodbye.
Bound by love, we go forward together.
Love in heraldry
Gules (red) is the color most often tied to love: traditionally military strength and magnanimity. Symbols that suit it:
Talk about it at the table
- How do you know someone in this family loves you, without them saying it?
- What is one small thing we do for each other that we should never stop doing?
- When is it hardest for us to show love, and what helps?