Parenting Quotes · Page 383

No man can ever repay the brooding mother love to which he his life.

— Gutzon Borglum

Children are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents.

— Howard G. Hendricks

“A mother to a reckless, feckless, one-off of a child—but what child isn’t?”

— Gregory Maguire

I find that relationships between kids and parents are very interesting.

— Taika Waititi

[On her mother, who died when Hutton was 4:] I hardly remember her, but I have missed her all my life.

— Barbara Hutton

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

— Desmond Tutu

At the very beginning, being a parent did impact how I go about this business.

— Noma Dumezweni

“Love is my mother. Joy is my sister. Knowledge is brother. Wisdom is my soulmate.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

My parents aren't the demographic for a lot of things I do. If I did a stand-up show, and I saw 62-year-old…

— Kumail Nanjiani

As soon as I score, my mother texts me, so when I go in the dressing room, her text is there waiting…

— Dimitar Berbatov

“He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will,…

— Beth Moore

In school, kids never really looked at me a different way because I think it was a different generation; they didnt really…

— Enrique Iglesias

I think I want to go in to law or oncology, as those are both subjects that really interest me, but my…

— Joshua Rush

My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.

— Nick Cave

You [meaning mothers] said good-bye a little every day -- from the minute they left your body until they left your home.

— Lisa Unger

Being an actress wasn't realistic. I knew that I was going to have to do it in a way that would speak…

— Gina Rodriguez

“In the evenings, my father and I ate dinner quietly in front of the TV together. Wednesday night, Thursday. Frozen dinners I'd…

— Aimee Bender

A Hamburger is warm and fragrant and juicy. A hamburger is soft and nonthreatening. It personifies the Great Mother herself who has…

— Tom Robbins

One day, my father brings a cassette. He's showing me this, and he's like, 'Look at this guy, his name is Anthony…

— Romeo Santos

The people I see be the most successful are the people who have an inner confidence and an inner strength that comes…

— Annaleigh Ashford

“We have been lost to each other for so long. My name means nothing to you. My memory is dust. This is…

— Anita Diamant

I always work from back-story, that's what I always do, so you get a character, and you think 'OK, who's this guy,…

— David Morrissey

“Vincent laughed. "No, you still need to look like a Helian." "So I should burn everything to a crisp?" "Well, that would…

— Heather James

“You’re a mother’s dream, tall, dark and handsome, good manners, straight teeth and wealthy.” “What about her daughter’s dream. How am I…

— Vi Keeland

Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of (man) lies to his own mother?

— John Green

“And his father has the gall to think I’d seduce a kid who uses Clearasil instead of aftershave!”

— Elaine Raco Chase

I learned from my parents that you have to get pleasure out of what you're doing, or don't do it.

— Douglas Tompkins

Well son, your mother and I met on Twitter, then later we... NO DON'T LOOK AT HER AVI

— Nikhil Saluja

For mother's sake the child was dear, and dearer was the mother for the child.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

My mother doesn't really embarrass me. Even when I was young. She understands my career.

— Bow Wow

I did not know how popular my father was because we were not brought up as part of the industry.

— Kunal Kapoor

A word spoken in season, at the right moment; is the mother of ages.

— Thomas Carlyle

If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.

— Domhnall Gleeson

My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me.

— Novak Djokovic

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

— Levon Helm

I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.

— Parker Harris

Children who avoid the mistakes their parents made often make the mistakes their parents avoided.

— Anonymous

We never understand the heroes in our parents until we begin to age.

— Terry Mark

“don’t: DO THINGS YOU WOULDN’T WANT (YOUR MOTHER, GOD, YOUR CHILDREN) TO KNOW ABOUT.”

— Anonymous