Desire is the mother of motivation because that is where your motivation is born. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“the growing boy whose own mother inculcated a belief in his “ugliness”;” — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right. — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
When I was born, my mother said all the nurses wanted to come see the colored baby. — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
Men of my father's generation were perpetual hustlers, always on the make and always on the move. — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm very convinced that you're going to be judged on how you are as a husband… — Urban Meyer Copy Share Image
One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
Mother and Dad were destined to have a gaggle of children. We would not have been complete if they had stopped at… — Jean Kennedy Smith Copy Share Image
I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and the goal of a good intention was never reached through its opposite, laziness.” — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid… — Michael Cerveris Copy Share Image
Every day I look for ways to be inspired, to learn and to grow. And trying to be the best for my… — Mia Hamm Copy Share Image
“My calling as a mother is the same as any other Christian’s: to fulfill God’s will for our lives and to glorify… — Sally Clarkson Copy Share Image
My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
“Someday you will murder your father and be with your mother, he said.” Once I’ve spoken this, put this thought into concrete… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My mother used to say that when I told her that I wanted to be an artist, her famous line was, 'The… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
“The great thing about refusing to feel feelings is that, once you’ve denied them, you don’t have to take responsibility for them.… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a surplice peg, We have learned to bottle our parents… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar… — Josh Schwartz Copy Share Image
My mother didn't really want me to go into professional tennis. She thought it was too hard a life. — Maria Sakkari Copy Share Image
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. — Frank A. Clark Copy Share Image
I took after my father who was a bricklayer and used to build everything step by step, brick by brick. — Javier Zanetti Copy Share Image
In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
You women will live as if father is still alive and in the next room. — Warren Jeffs Copy Share Image
It all started when I lost my mother. No love for myself and no love for another. — Papa Roach Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother. — Klaus Nomi Copy Share Image
My mother very bravely put me into rehab two weeks after my father died. — Finty Williams Copy Share Image
Our demographic has parents and grandparents and kids. But I love our fan base. It's awesome. — Steve Harwell Copy Share Image
Meek-eyed parents hasten down the ramps To greet their offspring, terrible from camps. — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
I grew up not seeing my father, and it is a hole in my heart that will never heal. — Lysette Anthony Copy Share Image
“Your life is given to you by your parents. If you don't want to live, you have to ask them first.” — Yu Hua Copy Share Image
Don't marry a man who doesn't love his mother and a woman who hasn't been a good daughter. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
