Parenting Quotes · Page 237

“The children have to save themselves these days because the parents have no clue.”

— Richard Kelly

“Let parents then bequeath to their children not riches but the spirit of reverence.”

— Plato

“Harriet’s parents had taken it for granted that family life was the basis for a happy one.”

— Doris Lessing

Happy Mother's Day, even though I pretty much raised myself.

— Anonymous

“My mother derives her worth from her relationship with Kenna, not from her social position.”

— Kristen Stieffel

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

— Jeannette Walls

I've had two great loves: my mother and my daughter.

— Viv Albertine

All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.

— Boris Pasternak

My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And…

— Edie Falco

My father [Joe Germanotta] opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds…

— Lady Gaga

The emotions, responsibilities - and the pain - of motherhood are unique to each of us with children. Ask any woman, and…

— Fiona Barton

“The only person can love you in the world is Your mother (real) She forgets with in seconds the bad behavior you…

— akshay Me

If you put twenty parents in a room together, they will all have different parenting styles due to how they were raised…

— Cynthia Bailey

It can be refugees, it can be a pregnant mother, it can be a 15-year-old... homelessness can happen to everybody.

— Giles Deacon

“MOTHER TIME: The past is always with us, dear, for better or worse. It is what it is and you can't change…

— Hillary DePiano

It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first…

— Xavier Becerra

“But parents aren't the only ones who can address stereotype threat. There's a lot that educators at all levels can do. Dr.…

— Michele Stephenson

There seems to be a notion that a single woman can't represent the interests of mothers. Frankly, there were plenty of Republican…

— Neera Tanden

“We aren’t who we want to be. We are what society demands. We are what our parents choose. We don’t want to…

— Paulo Coelho

My husband has always seen this as a partnership. He is so self-sacrificing in parenting, caring for our household and my career.…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

The belief when your mother gives you away is that there's something deeply wrong. Mothers don't give babies away. There's something wrong…

— Mary Gauthier

There, in the middle of this mall is the Washington Monument, 555 feet high. But if we put a one in front…

— Louis Farrakhan

My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of…

— Richard Branson

When I was growing up, my mother taught me and my sisters to celebrate each other - there was no room in…

— Alek Wek

Sometimes I am so much my father's son that I give myself occasional creeps.

— Richard Burton

That's why school was invented - to give your parents some peace and quiet during the day.

— Michael Chabon

I don't need to have three feather pillows in my trailer. I just don't work that way.

— Dominic Monaghan

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.

— Cathy Guisewite

There is Peter Graf, Steffi's father, with his head on his chin.

— Dan Maskell

I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

— Carla Bruni

“Some fathers give you life. Some show you how to live it.”

— Colleen Hoover

My parents are no more but I am sure they are up there smiling and supporting me.

— Sonu Sood

My parents provided me the best they could, if not more. I was even provided goat milk by my parents.

— P. T. Usha

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

— James Weldon Johnson

Don't trust women, my mother said to me. Even the ugly ones will take what you thought was yours.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blueeyes or small feet.

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“She stood in the mirror portrait very near Margaret, close next to her, good as a mother or a friend.”

— Ida Hattemer-Higgins

My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.

— J. J. Abrams

Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Obviously, I'm suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.

— Bernard Lagat