Parenting Quotes · Page 133

My father was a cocky, long-haired musician, a songwriter.

— Joe Calzaghe

“hands were shaking and braced them on the counter. “He hated his father. Maybe”

— Donna Marie Rogers

One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.

— Jon Voight

A lot of teenagers have parents that are maybe a little too real with them.

— Jennifer Damiano

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

— William Rosenberg

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.

— Dwight Howard

I'm willing to be different than other parents and go against the mainstream.

— Amy Chua

If my parents are at the meet, I'll try to look and just kind of spot them out in the stands.

— Caeleb Dressel

There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I…

— Elvis Costello

I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.

— Arabella Weir

Its so hard not to cry, knowing my mother is barely there, I see girls so close to their mothers, But its…

— Anonymous

“How did my parents live before texting? Before the internet? I’m used to knowing things and all of this unknowing is driving…

— Stephanie Perkins

My father was a disciplinarian. He had this cane and he would spare no one if found at fault. Unlike Babita, I…

— Geeta Phogat

Life supporting waves of bliss, Mother Divine's precious kiss. Brings with love the light of wisdom, and the gift of eternal freedom.

— The Beach Boys

While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.

— Shawn Amos

Their mother had always stressed the importance of taking care of yourself first, your family second and everyone else not at all..…

— Gena Showalter

“I can’t hear God’s voice for my kids, but I can watch and listen and pray and adjust and try not to…

— Heather Choate Davis

Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a Mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed:…

— Cecil Frances Alexander

Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create…

— Keith O'Brien

Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“And though I had misgiving--obvious ones, too--one overwhelming thing drove me on: on the borderlands, my father would need me as much…

— Peter Geye

“My father once made us," she began, "keep a diary, in two columns; on one side we were to put down in…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“She'd once thought God would never intentionally hurt her. But looking back over her life, she'd had cause to rethink that. She…

— Tamera Alexander

All the best of the monsters played for sympathy. That goes for my father, Karloff, myself and all the others. They all…

— Lon Chaney, Jr

One of the best indicators of student achievement is the academic success of the mother in the home.

— Tony Danza

Best friends are the siblings from different parents.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I idolized my mother. I didn't realize she was a lousy cook until I went into the army.

— Jackie Gayle

Parents and others caring for family members deserve fair treatment on the job.

— Randi Zuckerberg

“My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt. —William Blake”

— Chip Walter

As parents, we tend to be in Tell rather than Listen mode.

— Julian Treasure

Sleeping naked is all fun and games til your alarm doesn't wake you up so your parents have to.

— Anonymous

In joy or sorrow, feebleness or might, Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight.

— George MacDonald

“I knew this in my mother heart-of-hearts: This child was meant to come.”

— Lori Stott

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

Money cannot give a life back; a child or a parent. I try to cherish every moment for this reason.

— Sonja Morgan

I was blessed to grow up with parents who weren't enamored of show business.

— Skyler Samuels

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.

— Leverett Saltonstall

Ross: Chandler Muriel Bing... Your parents never gave you a chance.

— Anonymous

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

— Oscar Wilde

My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.

— Mr. T