Parenting Quotes · Page 134

My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

— Olivia Williams

“What those anti-cookie-baking mothers wanted me to do was turn baseball into soccer.”

— Chuck Klosterman

My father had a phenomenal knowledge of music; my mom's family were all musicians.

— Steve Miller

My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'

— Edgar Bronfman, Sr

A light-heel'd mother makes a heavy-heel'd daughter.

— John Ray

I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.

— Dan Quayle

A man is no true Christian if he has no devotion to the Mother of Jesus Christ.

— John Eudes

My mother raised me as a vegetarian, but when I turned 18, I decided to expand my palate.

— Hannah Bronfman

“a quote from Thomas Paine. It was a favorite of his father’s. “If there must be trouble, let it be in my…

— Marc Cameron

Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents,…

— Aristotle

Fuckin punk you aint leader what, nobody followed you your never shit your mother shoulda swollowed you.

— Big L

My mother was the only musician. She played piano and she sang. She also played saxophone. And she played at home a…

— David Steward

I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you…

— Brian Andreas

If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: "Give me all the attention and all the…

— Linda Sunshine

I attribute all of my success to my Catholic faith. My faith has given me the ability to be a good father,…

— Mark Wahlberg

We as parents, and the control culture, it is our responsibility to make sure we give the right perceived norms and the…

— Konnie Huq

There are times when you should do as Jesus would do and turn the other cheek, while there are other times that…

— Eugene Nathaniel Butler

“Cotton Mather lusted all his life for the presidency of Harvard, a post his father had held, and which the son affected…

— Peter Gay

In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us… More over, when we have repented, He instantly…

— Martin Luther

Communication Was never big in my house. We sat together over dinner, but the only sound you'd hear was crunching and chewing…

— Ellen Hopkins

Life eternal is to live in unity, in families, with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Eternal life is only…

— Henry B. Eyring

“A man cannot rise any higher than this. The Immaculate is the highest degree of perfection and sanctity of a creature. No…

— St. Maximilian Kolbe

If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what…

— Homer

“Lady Harborough... was on the platform, making a short speech in which she described the valuable work her hospital fund was doing.…

— Philip Pullman

“You marry the one who will be a good father, not a good lay.”

— Tom Cardamone

I used to carry my father's Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.

— Mr. T

I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.

— Anonymous

“My mother once said that fear is like a man who, once burned, is afraid of a glow worm”

— Nnedi Okorafor

Every path leads homeward, every step is birth, every step is death, every grave is mother.

— Hermann Hesse

I thank my parents for the greatest gift of all: poverty

— Roberto Benigni

Let your kids observe you doing random acts of kindness, it can be contagious

— Kevin Heath

My mother's blueberry pie from scratch was amazing. I still make it today.

— Geoffrey Zakarian

My mother just liked the way the name Nipsey sounded.

— Nipsey Russell

My parents were not at all involved in science. In fact, neither of them went to college.

— Alan Guth

“I had to learn how to be a mother before I realized how lucky I am to be a child.”

— Jodi Picoult

My parents always told me that nothing was impossible.

— Richard Rogers

The horrors of war, pale beside the loss of a mother

— Anna Freud

“How much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:11”

— Beth Moore

Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe.

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

It's not easy to be a good or wise parent. You do the best you can.

— Peter Hedges