Parenting Quotes · Page 410

My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born.

— Philomena Kwao

Even evangelicals realize that Pinocchio's father was a carpenter too. That's the old joke.

— Robin Williams

My parents set a fantastic example for me in that their passion came from theater.

— Zoe Perry

I learned everything I know about music from my parents and my sisters.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I request parents to teach their children cooking as it is important to good health.

— Chef Damu

“You can't have that wish, my Little Bear,' said Mother Bear.”

— Else Holmelund Minarik

My mother had been adamant that I learn how to swim properly.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

“No one can help you better than the heavenly Father.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

My experience of my father's death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they…

— Simon McBurney

“the gallantry of Scarlett O’Hara going forth to conquer the world in her mother’s velvet curtains and the tail feathers of a…

— Margaret Mitchell

Being a parent is the toughest thing I've ever done. But I'm not the kind of person to throw my kid in…

— Eric Dane

“If one of them (your parents) or both of them attain old age in your life, say not "UF" to them, nor…

— Anonymous

God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to…

— Saint John Chrysostom

My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic -…

— Jared Harris

My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.

— Nellie McKay

“Raine, I couldn’t save your father, but no matter what we run into, no matter how long we’re out here, no matter…

— Shay Savage

My mother raised 14 kids, with little means, from our humble house in Southwest Detroit - and now her daughter, who started…

— Rashida Tlaib

“And these years later, when I think of that essay, what I remember most is not the moment I saw my work…

— Dani Shapiro

The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with…

— Benjamin Spock

“The mind you use to try to see your true self does not recognise if it has never seen. Once you stop…

— Dee-Anne Hayes

“I mean , I never even had to really come out to my parents. They always knew, and it was always okay.…

— Julie Buxbaum

“We couldn’t afford our own place in the beginning, and so like most of our friends we lived with her parents to…

— Charles Brandt

When it comes to how the slaves treat each other: If you've been brutalized all your life - if you have seen…

— Colson Whitehead

“So you weren’t in college.” “I wasn’t, no.” She takes another sip. “Your father was though. He was visiting for spring break.…

— Anna Banks

My mother had to label all our clothing. As the youngest boy, all my tags read Droga5.

— David Droga

I'm way more influenced by my children than I was by my parents.

— Laurie Simmons

Mothers are legendary for being able to read the thoughts of their children at just the right moment.

— Vivian Vande Velde

“I didn’t agree with Cokie. It wasn’t just rich folks. Mother was soul broke, too.”

— Ruta Sepetys

The only Man I have ever truly loved was another woman's husband My Father.

— Nishan Panwar

“Zoe loved Trancas's mother. She respected her exhausted and ironic hope for rebirth.”

— Michael Cunningham

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.

— Amy Chua

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

— Barbra Streisand

As parents, you want to try to mitigate your children's pain.

— Busy Philipps

I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me.

— Albert Gubay

Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.

— Koren Zailckas

It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.

— Malala Yousafzai

“ For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. -Matthew 6:8 ”

— Jack Canfield

My father was a welder on the second-highest sail, so the Opera House has a special place in my heart.

— Gladys Berejiklian

“In my father’s scheme of things, there were Italians and then there was the rest of the world.”

— Janet Evanovich

Nothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father.

— Alafair Burke