Parenting Quotes · Page 179

Absolutely. I am a father, and I know best. If there's any question, just ask me.

— Rainn Wilson

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

— Markus Zusak

I lost my biological father at nine, but up until then, we celebrated Christmas and Easter too.

— Dia Mirza

As with any mother, all I wish is for my boys to have the peaceful family life they deserve.

— Brandi Glanville

Sharing is Caring - Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love.

— Kevin Heath

“The little girl's dependency on her father made [his] abuse more insidious.”

— Joan Frances Casey

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

— JoBeth Williams

Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow?

— John Milton

I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get…

— Bartrand Hubbard

I had no financial support from my parents, but, I suppose, I did have moral support - although they really didn't know…

— Nigel Hawthorne

How many hopes and fears, how many ardent wishes and anxious apprehensions are twisted together in the threads that connect the parent…

— Samuel Griswold Goodrich

“life isn't but a feather floating in the wind. One second it's in your grasp, next second, it's floating high, wondering what…

— Shakespeare

“The earth is your true mother so love her with your heart and soul. You must find the true harmony with nature…

— Debasish Mridha

I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I…

— Jeff Bridges

Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin Mother and Child. Holy Infant so tender and mild.…

— Joseph Mohr

Every homeless puppy and kitten was born to parents who weren't spayed or neutered. I'm proud to support PETA's work to prevent…

— Kevin Nealon

Having to parent your mother or father is a challenge that way too many teens have to deal with. Teens whose parents…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Once again she was struck by a sense of profound familiarity. She knew this place. In the story that her mother used…

— Kate Morton

We break our huddle and Eight immediately transforms into one of his massive avatars. His handsome features melt away, replaced by the…

— Pittacus Lore

My mother always wanted to play an instrument. Her parents never gave her that. Then it got to a point where I'd…

— Lulu Wang

“Father Brown was made of two men. There was a man of action, who was as modest as a primrose and as…

— G.K. Chesterton

Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who…

— Thomas of Villanova

“Books are the immortality of the race, the father and mother of most that is worth while cherishing in our hearts. To…

— Christopher Morley

I was greatly inspired by my late father, who was a well-known name in the brewing industry. It was he who encouraged…

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

“So as far as you can see. When you get there, you can see farther.”

— B.J. Marshall

From my own experience, I know how important reading together can be for parents and children.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

— Martin Short

I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me.

— Claire Danes

Economic necessity should be the mother of educational invention

— Andy Hargreaves

The Kite Runner is a story of two boys and a father, and the strange love triangle that binds them.

— Khaled Hosseini

Even though I have a zero relationship with my mother in law, she still insists I call her mom.

— Anonymous

“Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way.”

— Tom Swyers

Joseph and his mother come from the black kings who were before the white man.

— Peter Abrahams

I'm never more encouraged than to hear someone talk about how eerie it is that I move like my father.

— Michael C. Hall

When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope diamond.

— Russell Baker

“There,” Annie said. “You look just like a mother kangaroo.”

— Mary Pope Osborne

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.

— Zig Ziglar

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

— Galeazzo Ciano

I would visit my father and spend the summers with him in the south of France.

— Yasmin Aga Khan

I had a mother who prayed for me, and prayer changes everything.

— Dennis Edwards