Parenting Quotes · Page 161

In 1971, my mother died of cancer and within a year my first husband Alec Ross died, also from cancer.

— Sheila Hancock

Mani is not just my Godfather. He is almost like a father to me.

— Sudha Kongara

Mother never said to me, 'Stay out of trouble.' She didn't have to!

— Chita Rivera

My father always said, 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.'

— Chazz Palminteri

“Every mom has her own battle. Win yours without being 'nyinyir' to others.”

— Jihan Davincka

I used to worry about becoming a father. But now, after becoming one, I am very happy.

— Ranvir Shorey

“You're not exactly the father I'd choose for my children. (Coco Chanel)”

— Chris Greenhalgh

Me and Sandra are thoroughly satisfied customers as parents of kids who came through this Orange model.

— Andy Stanley

Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands' parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is "taking a daughter-in-law.

— Maxine Hong Kingston

God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, So I make an idle boast; Jesus of the twice-turned cheek Lamb of God, although I speak…

— Countee Cullen

“What would his father do then? Go on, Johnny supposed. People had a way of doing that, just going on, pushing through…

— Stephen King

I think as a parent if you don't understand the perils of social media and what it does to kids, you're neglectful…

— Raine Maida

I was so keen to play when I left school, I'd have played for nothing. In fact, I did that for a…

— John Bonham

My parents were not born in Vienna, but they had spent much of their lives there, having each come to the city…

— Eric Kandel

“A remark of my brother’s apropos of the troubles and pains our mother endured: “Old age is nature’s self-criticism.”

— Emil Cioran

We lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war, when everyone thought London…

— Stephen Hawking

My father was never really a big part of my life, he ended up passing away a few years ago, my biological…

— Marquise Goodwin

A pretty woman is a Christmas tree,' my mother told me in the airport. This fella is hanging things on my branches…

— Joshilyn Jackson

“Dear Father always near us, may your name be treasured and loved, may your rule be completed in us— may your will…

— Dallas Willard

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills,…

— Joan Cusack

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result,…

— Joyce Meyer

My parents were real classic rock freaks, so I heard a lot of Zeppelin, Stones, Hendrix stuff. Thankfully, they were also into…

— Princess Superstar

I always thought of Caesars as the gold standard. I had exactly one date in high school, and my father knew someone…

— Charles Bock

Single mothers are raising more of America's children than ever before.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Let not that man presumes to look for mercy from God who offends His Holy Mother!

— Louis de Montfort

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

— Charles Dudley Warner

My parents were exclude from rights as farm workers, though that has to change.

— Julia Serano

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

— Patricia Richardson

When I was young my father used to play. He always took me to the training ground.

— Thomas Partey

“Don't insult me. Everyone knows a turtle is a crustacean on its mother's side.”

— Anthony Marra

“Knox's father shrugged. "They're children. We don't need their forgiveness.”

— Alex London

We never shall understand the pain that our parent go through with us until we are parent ourselves.

— Michael Country

In the beginning, when the world was new and nothing had a name, my father took me to see the ice.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I'm moving into a yurt in the woods near my parents' home in Vermont.

— Hannah Teter

Part of being a mother - part of the comedy of it, anyway - is what happens to your body.

— Catherine Reitman

I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.

— Coolio

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

— Louise Hart

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

— Lewis Mumford

“Once Tim asked his father what civilized meant. “Taxes,” Big Ross said, and laughed—”

— Stephen King