Parenting Quotes · Page 243

All children need their fathers, but boys especially need fathers to teach them how to be men.

— Dwyane Wade

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

— Abraham Lincoln

“Like her father, Bess never forgot a hurt or a service.”

— Jeane Westin

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.

— Anonymous

My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.

— Ted Danson

I'm having everything. I'm a vegetarian, too. But in my mother's house, I eat whatever I'm served.

— Andy Kaufman

The students [of the 60s] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents conspicuous consumption.

— Allan Bloom

“He flashed her a smile, and holy mother of God, it was wickedly sexy.”

— Jill Shalvis

“A mother's job is not complete till she has taught and imbibed God's Words, and principles into her kids.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

My mother was a huge influence on me - she was a free spirit and helped me appreciate, from a very early…

— Christian Louboutin

“I had already taken a step toward their house, but then Father said, 'No, not there. They're hiding Jews.'" Christ!" exclaimed Anton,…

— Harry Mulisch

“The Palestinian mother is the author of the survival story of the Palestinian people. She is the heroine, the one behind the…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

My parents have always said, 'You'll be so unhappy if you're no more than your career, that it's important to get out…

— Eva Amurri

I love being a parent, and when I'm gone even 2 1/2 days for a tournament, I'm forcing Janna to be a single parent.

— Karch Kiraly

I think my mother has always understood what a romantic idealist I am, so she's never had trouble supporting what might be…

— Tinsley Mortimer

I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as…

— Emil Ferris

My mother taught me to read before I went to school, so I was pretty bored in school, and I turned into…

— Steve Jobs

My mother is my hero just because, what life becomes about is overcoming adversity, and I watched her overcome so many things…

— Rashad Evans

My father was able to play a number of musical instruments and I fell in love with classical music in my teens…

— Steve Hackett

The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the…

— Carl Sagan

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped…

— Jane Fonda

I have a deep connection with Mahatma Gandhi, partly because my mother was a very, very staunch Gandhian and brought us up…

— Vandana Shiva

But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to…

— Anonymous

belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager…

— Vera Brittain

Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries

— John Cleese

Do you know why love is blind? Because your mothers start loving you before seeing you!!

— Anonymous

Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes.

— Sophia Bush

All the kids looked up to my father because he was known to be that dude who knocks people out.

— John Singleton

“Tory a father isn’t supposed to fear his fourteen-year-old daughter. That being said, you terrify me.”

— Kathy Reichs

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

— Jack London

Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

— Ezra Taft Benson

I grew up in a single-family detached house. My parents are wonderful.

— Wendy Williams

“Adora Belle looked down at a face that would take a frantic battalion of mothers to love,”

— Terry Pratchett

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.

— Bil Keane

As parents, it's easy to not give the child enough credit and not spend enough time together.

— Rahul Dev

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I've mostly worked in Hindi and occasionally Gujarati, which is my mother tongue.

— Supriya Pathak

“An obedient child learns from the example of an obedient parent.”

— Jim George

My father instilled in me to take care of my family. Show up even when you don't want to show up.

— Steve Harvey