Parenting Quotes · Page 248

He set the example for all of us to humble ourselves before our Heavenly Father.

— Robert D. Hales

My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.

— Donald E. Westlake

My father said, Bring along your best girl. This is something you say to a pimp!

— Bill Maher

“I couldn't keep myself from wondering how on earth I got to have such demented parents".”

— Bella Forrest

My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me.

— Gary Shteyngart

My work is done; I have nothing left to do but to go to my Father.

— Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.

— Molly Shannon

Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.

— Jodi Picoult

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.

— Sam Raimi

If there's one thing I could attribute my strength to, I would say it's the gift of laughter, which I inherited from…

— China Machado

“My brain I'll prove the female to my soul; my soul the father: and these two beget a generation of still-breeding thoughts,…

— William Shakespeare

Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless…

— Neil Sedaka

“The days float on like a feather in the wind, but at the end of the week, I’m still a chicken. Taste…

— Jarod Kintz

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

— Natasha Trethewey

“Jesus is busy with his own stuff, and is not going to get involved in your little tug-of-war. Plus, don't forget, he…

— Anne Lamott

My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.

— Ashley Jensen

I was relaxing in my parents' swimming pool with my brotherI asked him how the engineering business was going, and he reciprocated:…

— Brian D. McLaren

“The Poison Maiden has conceived by him, and is plumb ready to enter the divine category of mother, only one last fiend…

— Germaine Greer

It is as a free French woman who has been able to enjoy, her whole life, the very precious freedoms fought for…

— Marine Le Pen

Although there is no solution that is easy, and there is no one formula that will work for everyone with a heartache…

— Margaret D. Nadauld

“My father was quite conscious of that distinction, too, and because he spoke very freely in private, he used to sometimes say,…

— Mary Soames

[Strong marriage] starts with being married to a remarkable person. And I am. I jokingly say that I stood up in front…

— George W. Bush

My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“You don’t deserve me,” he agreed. “You deserve better. But you’re stuck with me, and you might as well get over it.”…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps.

— Les Dawson

I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.

— Andrew Sean Greer

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

— Bruce Jenner

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

We have old parents so we can learn old age, humanity...

— Mariana Fulger

If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen.

— John C. Maxwell

“there is nothing like the force of an immature child to test the maturity level in a parent.”

— Deborah MacNamara

But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24

— Rachael Leigh Cook

You dare to stand with my enemy? (Stryker) Against you, Father, I’d stand with Mickey Mouse. (Urian)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Children have an uncanny memory for what parents say, but don't do.

— Wes Fesler

“Mother isn’t ashamed of anything she’s done. If she was, why would she do it?”

— N.K. Jemisin

I've heard, 'You're not your father.' Well, you're right. I'm not. We've had two different careers.

— Joe Buck

A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.

— Betty White

The good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children.

— Alain de Botton

Im the kind of person my parents want me to stay away from

— Ana Chable

“she’d packed up her mother’s life in boxes for storage”

— Rachel Gibson