Parenting Quotes · Page 310

The world is not given by our fathers, but borrowed from our children.

— Wendell Berry

I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me.

— Andre Rieu

Even though I'm a single parent, I got my mama to help me, so it balances it out for real, for real.

— Sexyy Red

If a community values its children, it must cherish its mothers.

— John Bowlby

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

— Kent Nerburn

“America—where we hate our fathers, love our mothers, and everyone is hung up on trying to be a man”

— Volatalistic Phil

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

— Whitney Houston

When your parents are madly in love for 45 years, your standards are really high.

— Winona Ryder

I was very lucky in that I had a happy home life and that I was interested in things my parents wanted…

— Tom Kitt

My mother is everything to me. She's my anchor, she's the person I go to when I need to talk to someone.…

— Demi Lovato

“Most parents pay attention to things they shouldn't and overlook the things they should pay attention to.”

— Mohit Yenugwar

Friends don't let friends be Packers Fans... EVER! (I don't care how much paint your mother huffed during her pregnancy!)

— Rock Cowles

I love kids, and I think I would be a great dad. I had great parents, and my mother and father are…

— Coy Bowles

When the baby sleeps, we have sex! Thats what it is for us. Thats why its so cool to be young parents…

— Kendra Wilkinson

“I will always take your part, Bee. Right or wrong. That is why you must always take care to be right, lest…

— Robin Hobb

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be…

— Sarah Zettel

Ironically, it was the father's blessing that actually "financed" the prodigal son's trip away from the Father's face! and it was the…

— Tommy Tenney

“He takes no pleasure in human tears. He came and wept that He might stop forever the fountain of human tears. He…

— A.W. Tozer

When I was in Greenough, Montana, I came across a bear cub. I was off this path, and I thought, If there's…

— Al Roker

“No Muslim, I felt certain, ever thought of Allah as his father. Since childhood, I had been told that the surest way…

— Bilquis Sheikh

To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

I think that my experience as a single mom getting into relationships in an impoverished district with men that don't have options…

— Cheri Honkala

“So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment.…

— Brian Doyle

“The irony is, though your parents always deplored his absence of Protestant industry, those two have more in common with Kevin than…

— Lionel Shriver

I have great parents, and they both taught me great things, but my formative years were boundaryless.

— Roseanne Barr

My mother has always been very feminine, always in high-heeled shoes.

— Jeanne Damas

Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game.

— Ryan Reynolds

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I was a bottle baby.

— Anonymous

My parents had very strict rules for me. Rules like, I couldn't be home until a certain hour.

— Emo Philips

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.

— Bible

Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom.

— Haim Ginott

I am blessed to have a father who longs/desires to be gracious & compassionate towards me.

— Anonymous

“Myra was less a helicopter parent than a helicopter gunship parent.”

— Heide Goody

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

— Brett Gelman

I shoe my p-ssy and I get whatever I what. I learned that from my mother

— Rihanna

In spite of my parents being actors, I never took acting as a profession for granted and still don't.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

“You say,“Lazy parenting.” I say, “Priorities, priorities, priorities.”

— Robin O'Bryant

My father was in the navy and so while he was deployed soon after I was born we moved to Australia.

— Sean Murray

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

— Susanne Bier

“Each parent is unique, he has his own share of joys and sorrows.”

— Jennifer Lorenzo