“To be in charge as a parent means inspiring your children to motivate themselves.” — Hal Edward Runkel Copy Share Image
When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out. — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals. — Tippi Hedren Copy Share Image
People always have to have a reference - I think I'll always be in the shadow of my parents. — Eliot Sumner Copy Share Image
My mother taught me to read in part by reading me Walt Disney comics, and I never stopped. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Every word you have ever uttered, is engraved upon my heart. -Lazarus to his mother. — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
No, I come for a hippy lifestyle, it's very open; my parents are both hippies. — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
Children are raised by single parents all the time. Those children - I'd like to claim myself as one, I was raised… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult… — Vanessa Kerry Copy Share Image
You make the decision wether you want to be something in life, your parents can give you the tools but they can't… — Jordan K Lee Copy Share Image
My parents were pretty open-minded people, but I think leaving them at a young age really made me grow up fast. — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
The only thing stopping you is fear, and the only thing that will get you past it is courage. What you do… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
And while being murdered he said, Father, forgive them. They know not what they do. Because while he was dangling on that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
My mother came to see me in a play when I was a student, and afterwards, I asked her what she thought.… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
“Incessantly, it seemed, life plagued her with responsibilities, made her fall in love, ripped away any consolation she might find. Sisters and… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I was raised in restaurants. My parents opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, in Queens when I was just 3. This business has… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
“She wondered if her father had awakened yet, if he had missed her, if Jeweltongue would tell him she was only out… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Being a feminist is not about how successful, talented, and assertive you are in your own life. It's about whether you support… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
My father once told me that a happy ending is just the place where you choose to stop telling the story. So… — Leah Stewart Copy Share Image
“Family myths are cherished by the people who--however unwittingly--have brought them into being. In my own situation, what my father was really… — Mark Sichel Copy Share Image
My father loved me so much that he did not want me to be a laborer or anything. I dont know if… — Joe Pesci Copy Share Image
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?… — Bible Copy Share Image
My father knows me better than anyone. He can tell me over the phone what I'm doing wrong. — Jorge Posada Copy Share Image
Parents, not governments, should decide what is best for their family. — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
It's been a long-time dream to build a temple for my mother when she is alive. — Raghava Lawrence Copy Share Image
Thankfully I have an ecosystem of in-laws, parents and husband, who are my rocks. — Chanda Kochhar Copy Share Image
When I went to college, my parents threw a going away party for me, according to the letter. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
“I yelled, wishing that the ground would open up and swallow me – or better yet, my parents.” — Helen Keeble Copy Share Image
“Get on before I blow you lose of your shoes and give your fathers cause to celebrate!” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I was a dancer, and my father was a dancer, so I really grew up in that environment. — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
I think it's really hard for me... to sing in English, because it's not my mother tongue. — Bill Kaulitz Copy Share Image
My mother would do anything for her children. And that's how I am too. — Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Copy Share Image