Parenting Quotes · Page 413

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents andthe second half by our children

— Anonymous

Losing a parent is always a terrible thing for anybody. It's no more or no less for me.

— Akshaye Khanna

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

— Lord Mountbatten

God made us friends because no mother could handle us as sisters!

— Narenkumar

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

— Fred Allen

“Engage in no pursuit in which you cannot look up unto God, and say, 'Bless me in this, my Father!”

— Legh Richmond

My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.

— Ang Lee

My father made sure I was treated equally with my brothers.

— Joyce Banda

“Some family's boad capsized at Lake Winnipesaukee the day before and now they were looking for the father's body.”

— Joyce Maynard

There's a bit of a Bertie Wooster about my father. He's very easy-going, he never judges people, and we get on brilliantly.

— Rachael Stirling

“Each morning, when you awaken, promise the dawn that you'll keep your heart as light as a feather. Commit again each night…

— Joann Davis

“Adelina knew perfectly well who the father was, but she worked hard to forget it, and by the end of her life…

— Olga Núñez Miret

I lost my biological father when I was 9, I lost my stepfather at 23. Both men had such a deep impact…

— Dia Mirza

You will find as the children grow up that as a rule children are a bitter disappointment - their greatest object being…

— Queen Victoria

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what…

— Brené Brown

It's been hard. My mother is proud of me, but her reaction swings wildly from day to day. I don't really take…

— Sean Wilsey

“I'd love to know how Dad saw me when I was 6. I'd love to know a hundred things. When a parent…

— David Mitchell

“the Father is the Fountain-head of the Son, and the Son is the outflowing of the Father; and the Father and Son…

— William Ralph Inge

“My mother can make me feel good just by walking into the room. Her eyes sparkle and change color in the light.…

— Rick Riordan

“Robert believed in restraint. He made it a point not to emulate his father. He refused to be the kind of man…

— Courtney Milan

I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the…

— Caroline Kennedy

“I have this colored friend Betty well, I never thought about it one way or the other until one day I went…

— Bel Kaufman

“I am reminded of one of my father’s novels, The Era of Hopeful Monsters. It was about a planet where the humanoids…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Emily and I have some funny scenes where we quarrel and it gets quite heated, the mother-daughter relationship. You know, film mothers…

— Jacki Weaver

“Sometimes I think there's only one mother in the world, and we all got a piece of her.”

— Barbara Froman

My mother never stagnated in a place where she said, I have it all.

— Trevor Noah

Being a founder is like being a parent. You always stay involved.

— Bart Decrem

When you learn to rap your mother died with the worst rap attack

— Mateo

“Just because they aren't with us doesn't mean we don't have parents anymore.”

— Reyna Grande

Maybe I was intimidated by my father's talent and success.

— Miguel Ferrer

Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.

— Randy Pausch

My mother told me to stay away from boys, but that didn't work out.

— Lynne Ramsay

I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.

— Flea

If you can't trust your father, your stepfather, who can you trust?

— Ritchie Torres

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

— Zachery Ty Bryan

Cherish each moment with your children for you can never bring back their childhood.

— Anonymous

I choose not to see my parents because I value myself - and they didn't value me or my mind.

— Tara Westover

I don't know about marriage as much as I do know that I'd be a great father.

— Tyler Perry

For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I always wanted to act, but not because my parents were associated with the industry.

— Keerthy Suresh