Parenting Quotes · Page 288

You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own.

— Barbara Kingsolver

My father used to say, 'Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument.'

— Abhishek Tiwari

If you don't parent, then don't cry about who your kid is becoming.

— Leigh Anne Tuohy

And my father had a farm in Africa. Have you ever taken the insides out of a stag?

— Princess Michael of Kent

“It hurts a father to see a son this way. It makes no difference what age the son is; it hurts.”

— Chaim Potok

Girls need to find a guy that will take them to meet their parents, not their bedroom.

— Anonymous

Blue was awfully fond of her father, considering she'd never met him.

— Maggie Stiefvater

I often dream of becoming a father who cooks for his kids.

— Anonymous

“He'd wondered for so many years if he'd ever be able to forgive his father. Maybe he'd just used the wrong word.…

— Jeffrey Small

I didn't want to raise my daughter in the church because from what I experienced and what I saw, the church becomes…

— Leah Remini

My parents spent my whole childhood doing everything for us and they were never really doing anything for themselves.

— Auston Matthews

I really dislike watching myself on screen. I am very insecure about my acting. We are our own biggest critics. I have…

— Sophie Turner

I have no tattoos at all - it was a huge undertaking for me in the '80s to let my parents know…

— Jimmy Smits

Being a parent means putting your selfish wants behind you and sacrificing everything you love for your child!

— Anonymous

Mom with you being a part of my life I need not even ask for anything else from God. You are everything…

— Anonymous

“That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power which could well-nigh…

— Thomas Hardy

I see it every week - parents shouting and screaming at kids. My dad was the same. He was always there, but…

— Harry Redknapp

“We always ate with gusto...It would have offended the cook if we had nibbled or picked...Our mothers and zie [aunties] didn't inquire…

— Sergio Esposito

“A very patient voice. Concerned, somehow, but a hopeful voice; a cheerful, even loving voice. He tried to remember his mother. ‘Cheradenine?’…

— Iain M. Banks

At the point when I lost my father, it really made me want to be like a father and be like my…

— Scottie Pippen

It can be difficult going through a period of time where you feel depressed because it can become your identifier. In the…

— Halsey

There's not a day that William and I don't wish that she was... we don't wish that she was still around, and…

— Prince Harry

My mother bought me a brand new suit for going away to college. We were poor, but she wanted me to have…

— Tom Heinsohn

I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She…

— Nate Berkus

“That's the mission of a father: to reassure and protect.”

— Brooke and Keith Desserich

I was a pretty heartbroken 13-year-old. That was the year my grandmother died and my parents split up.

— Abi Morgan

I know what it is to be a mother of sons in real life.

— Amala Akkineni

My father, he left the family when I was 13, so mum looked after us.

— Anh Do

My mother is extraordinary; she's a superwoman, like so many other single mothers who are out there.

— Wes Moore

“Many parents make mistakes with their children, thinking they know what's best for them.”

— Paulo Coelho

My mother looked after me for 18 years, IAF architectured my attitude and character.

— Yssubramanyam

You can't bond with a male until you set your parents free.

— Robert Mandel

I grew up very insecure. From the time I was little I used to hide under my mother's dress.

— Debbie Ford

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

— DeForest Kelley

I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.

— Dar Williams

My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.

— Paul Rudd

My parents always told me be confident but be humble at the same time.

— Khris Middleton

My mother may appear strict but she is quite helpful and encouraging.

— Esha Deol

I feel I am a child that's lost its mother. I feel like a calf whose mother has gone off to slaughter.

— Alice Walker

Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one.

— Glennon Melton