Parenting Quotes · Page 336

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

When I said, "I am my mother, but I'm not," I was saying my path would be my own.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me.

— Sheena Easton

A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.

— Banksy

Mothers can make her child melt in her arms with your surprise hugs and kisses

— Sushil Bansal Sheel

“Those to whom man teaches little, nature like a wise and prudent mother teaches much.”

— Hannah Crafts

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.

— Don Johnson

My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.

— Francisco Costa

My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things that I…

— Kate Micucci

My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that…

— Olivier Theyskens

I grew up on a farm - it was a lovely life; we'd make tree houses all day - and my parents…

— Joanne Froggatt

I guess it kind of stemmed from my father. He was a union guy working for the meat plant down in Kansas…

— David Cone

I'm a mama's boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother. I won't do a movie or a video…

— Mr. T

I know the world is pretty intense, but in my opinion, there's nothing more perilous than being a teenager and watching a…

— Phoebe Robinson

Both my parents are doctors, but I'm passionate about dance and have always wanted to act since I was a child.

— Radhika Apte

Thank God I have parents who'd support the crazy things I did. If my dad found a snake, I'd take it to…

— Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

I wasn't good enough for abnegation," I say, "and I wanted to be free. So I chose Dauntless." "Why weren't you good…

— Veronica Roth

“Think about it. We are fed in the Eucharist, by our mothers when we are infants, by our parents as children, by…

— Sylvain Reynard

My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his…

— Ben Miller

“Never forget, Each day that we have together is a precious gift. In the web of daily living, we are creating character.…

— Lina Cuartas

“It is a Law of Nature with us that a male child shall have one more side than his father, so that…

— Edwin A. Abbott

The best parenting advice I ever got was from a labor nurse who told me the following: 1. After your baby gets…

— Jodi Picoult

“None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom…

— Djuna Barnes

“What could you give me," I ask, my voice shaking, "To make me forget . . . that you forgot about me?"…

— Jodi Picoult

“We need to be the adults we want our children to be.”

— Brené Brown

“What you inherit from your father must first be earned before it's yours.”

— Goethe

Even some men came into my life, my father is still number one man here in my heart.

— Innah Delos Angeles

Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum.

— Geri Halliwell

I never had holidays when I was a kid, because my parents couldn't afford them.

— Monica Galetti

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

— Scott Speedman

In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths.

— Mary Antin

Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.

— Oscar Wilde

“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are therir own”

— Aristotle

I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.

— Robert Kiyosaki

My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.

— Sandra Bernhard

My father loved all different types of music. He wasn't a snob. He wasn't a purist.

— Ziggy Marley

Never date a woman whose father calls her princess. chances are she believes it.

— Anonymous

I have always loved books, and as a mother, I wanted to share my passion for reading with my children.

— Aerin Lauder

“I would never trust her. Not one hundred percent. Not the way some people can trust their mothers.”

— Jacqueline Woodson

The worst feeling experienced by a girl is when her parents dont beleive her without doing any mistake

— Anonymous