Parenting Quotes · Page 446

“There,” Annie said. “You look just like a mother kangaroo.”

— Mary Pope Osborne

When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope diamond.

— Russell Baker

My parents are the best examples of working hard and living life to the fullest.

— Anonymous

To me, it's always been a funny experience for people to know me and then meet my parents.

— Esther Povitsky

Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.

— Rudolph A. Marcus

“My father was a man, and I know the sex pretty well.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not.

— Christina Stead

“Because her mother had loved her enough to tell her she could do anything.”

— Kit Rocha

You look at guys like Goldberg, how old is he? Way older than me. We work a very different style, but father…

— Shelton Benjamin

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes…

— Reese Witherspoon

People often think that people like me don't have ordinary lives. I have the greatest pleasure, and in fact, the greatest success…

— Jenny Shipley

We should be able to carry on our careers and be women and mothers without fearing that if we show a vulnerable…

— Gina Miller

“If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do.”

— Anne Brontë

My mother loved fashion. She was a beauty and had enough sewing skills that she could re-create the looks in magazines. She…

— Joel Grey

“Your ancestors have shaped your past, we as your parents will help shape your present, but only you can shape your future.”

— Mikey D.B

“The goal of independence starts at birth and mothers who want to stay with their infants most of the time are viewed…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Start working on your child’s mind. Start building your child’s character. Raise your child as a human being, instead of raising boys…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Unable to reach back to her book bag, she was reduced to reading the advertising cards above the heads of other passengers.…

— Carol O'Connell

“My experience in traditional firms is that anything new is seen as innovative, and the people assigned to it, like any parent,…

— Scott Galloway

“Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child,…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“My father said being an artist is the shortest road to the poor house , claiming "real" work is something you don't…

— Russell Chatham

“Tell you what. Doc Sinclair will attempt to work a special treatment that my father swore helped relieve my mother's headaches." "Right…

— Charlotte McPherren

“Tears pricked at my eyes. “You were still a child when your parents died. Besides, I think that’s what gives you those…

— K.S. Ruff

“Anger is a normal human emotion and all children experience it to some degree, but many parents have difficulty dealing with it.…

— Susan Forward

My parents just honestly have the most loving, committed, loyal relationship.

— Becca Kufrin

“Father, in those moments of utter exasperation, help me to want You as much as I need You!”

— Evinda Lepins

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

— Josephus Daniels

I am not an overprotective mother. I am independent and my daughter is independent too.

— Manini Mishra

The rosary is the most powerful weapon to touch the Heart of Jesus, Our Redeemer, who loves His Mother.

— Louis de Montfort

My mother, she wanted the gayest child... and she got it.

— Randy Rainbow

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one

— Frances McDormand

“When fathers struggle with being authentic, they leave muddy footprints on little girls' hearts.”

— Tina Samples

My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.

— Gordon Getty

My father wasn't just taciturn - it was like he didn't want to be heard.

— Carrie Brownstein

“I was so lonely.” And Father Time said, “You were never alone.”

— Mitch Albom

I wish I had more movies I could watch with my parents and not feel super uncomfortable.

— Kerris Dorsey

If you want to be loved by all, first love God, then your mother and father.

— Vikrant Parsai

Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle.

— Oliver Cromwell

Right is of no Sex-Truth is of no Color-God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.

— Frederick Douglass

Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.

— Evelyn Waugh