Parenting Quotes · Page 183

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.

— George Washington

Father sticks to it that anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky.

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Mother: Honey,What does Idk,Gtg,Ttyl,and Ly mean Girl

— Melissa

“Screw you, Jasper,” said Castle mildly, “and screw Mother’s Day and Christmas, too.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

Yeah, my parents help me keep my feet on the ground.

— Rupert Grint

My parents are going to kill me!" "That seems rather harsh...

— Garth Nix

Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.

— Nelson Mandela

“I believe that parents who love their children do everything for them with love, even discipline.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

When I started my first business I felt that success to me would be able to do what I love, be a…

— Kendra Scott

My mother died of a stroke in 1974, and for a long time, I blamed myself. She was utterly devastated when I…

— Miriam Margolyes

As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never…

— Sheryl Swoopes

I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.

— Etgar Keret

I try to do everything for my son so that, when he grows up, he can say that he was proud of…

— Aleksandar Mitrovic

Some people think it's a reality that black fathers don't take care of their children, but that's not true.

— Sinbad

Judaism turned me into who I am today, and I definitely feel I live a very spiritual life. I got that from…

— Alicia Silverstone

Everything that happens to a child of God, His father filtered and He intends to use it for the good and even…

— Rick Warren

“Dear Mothers Everywhere! First and foremost - enjoy your children! Rediscover the world with them, as they revel in the mundane and…

— Connie Kerbs

My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the first time…

— Rudy Giuliani

“Do you get the feeling that they're talking about someone else other than an article?" Kami stared at her fork, lying forlornly…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

My parents liked to go dancing, and they encouraged all of us to bring our friends home. My brother had a skiffle…

— Diana Quick

Over its 40 years, Muppets on 'Sesame Street' have addressed AIDS, divorce, a parent's deployment overseas, and a death in the family.…

— Elizabeth Flock

“There is yet another reason why peer-oriented kids are insatiable. In order to reach the turning point, a child must not only…

— Gabor Maté

[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer…

— Anne Lamott

“Now, here's the real beauty of this contorting contradiction. Both working mothers and stay-at-home mothers get to be failures. The ethos of…

— Susan J. Douglas

My mother taught me that it is important to be prepared for a last-minute polish.

— Aerin Lauder

Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do

— George Bernard Shaw

“And parents who love you, and who are probably making out back at that car," Archer said ...”

— Rachel Hawkins

Our parents were just brilliant parents who encouraged us to do whatever we wanted to do.

— Jack Lowden

“My father opened my mind, my mother opened my heart, but it was children who opened my soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Jinkx is a single mother and I've seen so many strong Jewish women.

— Jinkx Monsoon

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

— Ogden Nash

Being a good father is the single greatest contribution a man can make to this world.

— Anonymous

“That is a definite no-no in the Good Father Handbook.”

— Carrie Jones

“Mothers are often a mystery to their children,” Eleanor said.”

— Susan Rieger

What people like me need is not a father figure, but a role model.

— Jay Blades

My mother never understood the irony in calling me a "son-of-a-bitch."

— Anonymous

I think as parents, our natural instinct is to go into problem-solving mode.

— Cynthia Germanotta

My father's a fanatic for national parks, and every childhood trip was pretty much to national parks.

— Josh Holloway

I don't feel like so many other celebrities' kids, who hate their parents for abandoning them.

— Sean Hepburn Ferrer