Parenting Quotes · Page 299

My father believes that we create stars, and then others cast those stars.

— Pooja Bhatt

For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good.

— The Weeknd

Mother is the one we count on for the things that matter most of all.

— Katherine Butler Hathaway

My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.

— Natalie Wood

I used to watch Arsenal games with my father, and it has a special place in my heart.

— Matteo Guendouzi

If you feel guilty after doin' something bad, it means your parents raised you well...

— Irvan F

I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.

— Tori Spelling

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

— Alphonsus Liguori

How many times did your parents tell you to eat your food because there were starving children in Africa? Throwing away food…

— Mercedes Schlapp

“Mothers...accept when they have to, let go when they must, but watch out; they'll also turn their back on whoever hurts their…

— Hester Kaplan

I feel bad every year because I was born on my parents' anniversary so I'm like "Yay it's all about me!" then…

— Joe Jonas

I found that in a perverse way our culture and parents are far more comfortable talking about girls' vicitimization than girls' sexual…

— Peggy Orenstein

It is best to live anyhow, as one may; do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with…

— Sophocles

“It is important that this first assessment of parent expectations, having been elicited before the first report card in first grade, is…

— Karl Alexander

I'm desperate to have children. I am chomping at the bit. It's a problem. I can't imagine that I will not be…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

“What happened to my family should never happen to any parents. But it will. And this book is for them.”

— Bob Begin

“The "kindness of giving you a body" means that, at first, our bodies are not fully matured nor are our pleasant complexions.…

— Gampopa

“Memories particularly of when they weren’t being what parents are nine-tenths of the time, the taskmasters, the examples, the moral authorities, the…

— Philip Roth

My parents both work in publishing, and I was a bright, academic kind of kid, and I read a lot of books,…

— Harry Lloyd

My parents made choices that would put me in environments where I would feel comfortable. And I'm really appreciative of that. They…

— Carolyn Aronson

When you're actually talented, and you have something to offer, people start to look at you for you as opposed to who…

— Katie Cassidy

~When Valentina was not even 1 month old, my aunt [gave me the best advice]: 'Put her to sleep yourself every night.…

— Salma Hayek

It's very difficult to change your approach to how you see yourself when you suddenly get divorced. And you have to think…

— Amber Rudd

My mother has always encouraged my creative side. She is a very eclectic, creative woman and looks incredibly glamorous, even when trudging…

— Alice Temperley

The more time we spend with Mother nature the more we fall in love with her.

— Anthony D. Williams

my mother ... took the fact that my taste differed from hers as a personal insult.

— Merrill Markoe

I love being a parent, but it can be difficult for all kinds of reasons.

— Judi Love

My father was a pioneer and a leader in the things he did and the way he did them.

— Anoushka Shankar

My parents obviously have played a huge role in my success.

— Chase Elliott

Approximately one out of every three children in the U.S. lives in a home without a father.

— Anonymous

It's very hard to be a family man, a father, a husband, an independent wrestler, and a police officer.

— Mustafa Ali

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.

— Edward Albert

My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.

— David Bowie

Marriage is something women do when they forget what their mother went through.

— Vikrant Parsai

You know, my father died of cancer when I was a teenager. He had it before it became popular.

— Goodman Ace

Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of a chicken.

— Lemuel K Washburn

All my mother's sisters are matriarchs - there are big characters and opinions.

— Roisin Conaty

My mother was very keen I learn dance and I learnt so many forms.

— Asha Parekh

“Uselessness, she thought, was the permanent condition of parenthood.”

— Lisa Unger

It's Mother's Day, so a big 'Happy Birthday' to all you mothers out there!

— Mike Shannon