Parenting Quotes · Page 343

I've learned from my parents' mistakes, I'm now using birth control...

— Anonymous

We all try to make our own way, but we definitely try to learn from our parents' experiences.

— Jerami Grant

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

— Lincoln Steffens

I couldn't live my life the way I do if my parents weren't supportive.

— Meghan McCain

Even though my parents are American, I spent my whole childhood and adolescence abroad.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.

— Hope Solo

And Allah made the kindness to parents as a protectional shield to His wrath and displeasure.

— Fatima bint Muhammad

My parents set high standards. It wasn't okay if you got a B.

— Buster Posey

I grew up with a father who didn't wear a watch, and this has permanently marked my relationship with time.

— Alessandro Michele

My parents did give me a lot of books - biographies of Marie Curie - and I did read them, because I…

— Celeste Ng

What I love about my parents and Jamaican families is that exuberance we have, which I think is where I get my…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

While many parents feel understandably aggrieved at the higher cost of hotels and flights the moment school holidays start, I'm afraid that's…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know.

— Missy Peregrym

My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing…

— Elizabeth Taylor

I used to be a striker for my school, but my father felt cricket had more scope. I grew up admiring Sachin…

— Shreyas Iyer

My mother and sisters cooked Italian food, and I never heard of half of the dishes you see in these Italian restaurants.…

— Dennis Farina

“Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children…

— Margaret Sanger

“I stopped keeping an eye out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve because, when I was five, my mother told me that…

— Dean Koontz

The Logos came down out of love for us. Let us not keep Him down permanently, but let us go up with…

— Maximus the Confessor

“It's okay." Her voice broke, and she turned to Tereza. "It's okay," she repeated, swiping a hand under her nose, breathing deep.…

— Nora Roberts

“I’m often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“It is an acknowledged truth that the constancy of a good father during childhood goes a long way to prevent a girl…

— Leah McLaren

My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the…

— Chris Hardwick

“But maybe it was only that Father was thinking that he must arrive in Memphis with the entire family household intact if…

— Peter Taylor

I was raised by a very strict, good mother, so I won't be getting out of line anytime soon.

— Alexa Vega

Any woman knows that it takes two people to be a good parent.

— Greg Wise

“There is grace for the unrighteous and the self-righteous alike, and the father loves both sons well.”

— Justin Buzzard

“He was everything your mother warned you about when she told you not to walk alone in the dark.”

— Nenia Campbell

My parents were very funny - they didn't know it. But they were. They were actually sharing an IQ.

— Tim Conway

If God is not a personal being for me like my earthly father, He is infinitely more.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Mother Nature offers her nurturing essence to us all freely with no expectation of reciprocation.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

— Malala Yousafzai

I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.

— Emily Giffin

In the ‘looks of disappointment’ department, my cat has picked up where my father left off.

— Tom Papa

I must say that the first person to realise that I was talented in art was my mother.

— St. Lucia

“quit trying to become a better parent and decided to try becoming a better person.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

— Sidney Poitier

“What proposal did Bloom, diambulist, father of Milly, somnambulist, make to Stephen, noctambulist?”

— James Joyce

I remember hiding behind my mom at parent teacher conferences.

— Nav

A father, son, husband or just a friend, a sense of responsibility best describes a person.

— Nikitin Dheer