Parenting Quotes · Page 465

“My mother would have loved this girl. Too bad she was just a dream”

— Colleen Hoover

My brother is gay and my parents don't care, as long as he marries a doctor.

— Elayne Boosler

Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.

— Benigno Aquino III

I love Nike's running shoes and clothes because they feel as light as a feather.

— Katia Winter

You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do.

— Ivan Lendl

“My mother didn’t raise no fool. She raised a chicken.”

— Erin Lynn

The transition into adulthood is so exciting and remarkable to witness as parent.

— Polixeni Papapetrou

My father taught me boxing and showed me what this beautiful sport means.

— Vasyl Lomachenko

When you see your ex with another girl dont get jealous because our parents taught us to give our used toys to…

— Lilly Alvarez

“Grandparents are convinced they’re better parents than their own kids, whose lives they’ve already fucked up.”

— Garth Stein

My mother, she killed me, My father, he ate me, My sister Marlene, Gathered all my bones, Tied them in a silken…

— Anonymous

When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people…

— George Clinton

My parents spent my whole childhood doing everything for us and they were never really doing anything for themselves.

— Auston Matthews

I really dislike watching myself on screen. I am very insecure about my acting. We are our own biggest critics. I have…

— Sophie Turner

I have no tattoos at all - it was a huge undertaking for me in the '80s to let my parents know…

— Jimmy Smits

Being a parent means putting your selfish wants behind you and sacrificing everything you love for your child!

— Anonymous

“The Gospel presents us with the righteousness of Jesus Christ, who, in his earthly life, perfectly interpreted the word of his Father.…

— Graeme Goldsworthy

The problems of our day loom ominously before us. Surrounded by the sophistication of modern living, we look heavenward for that unfailing…

— Thomas S. Monson

“Tristan’s mother had been half as intoxicating as her son…to Zach’s shame and disgust, he could understand the guy. There was a…

— Alessandra Hazard

He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and…

— Cassandra Clare

After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a…

— Rick Riordan

If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the…

— Joseph Bruchac

“As she spoke, I wanted to cry, because sometimes it's just so damn hard to be a mother. We have to wait…

— Lisa See

I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood,…

— Jo Beverley

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

— Erich Fromm

My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.

— Howard Schultz

I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

— Jodi Picoult

Though my mother gave me the first break, I didn't want to become an actor. I wanted to dance.

— Supriya Pathak

“Conversations with adults other than a person's parents had more of an outcome.”

— Richard Ford

A mother loves her children even when they least deserve to be loved.

— Kate Samperi

My mother was really loving and wonderful and tough as hell.

— David Copperfield

My parents let me and my brother do what we wanted to do as long as we did it the right way.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I abide to God's will and I feel that from up above, God and my parents have guided my career.

— Vicente Fernandez

“He maybe be a jerk...but he is my jerk...he is my father. - Amber Brown”

— Paula Danziger

Becoming a father is easy enough, but being one can be very rough

— Wilhelm Busch

Father's Day is like Mother's Day except the gift is cheaper.

— Colin Falconer

As parents we all have that underlying guilt about how much time we give to our careers.

— Chris Harris

I understand the repercussions of following in my father's footsteps.

— Shruti Haasan

I sometimes wonder if I would have become a writer if what happened to my father hadn't happened.

— Hisham Matar

When I was 15, my parents left town for a month. They hid the keys to the car, but I found them.

— Danny Masterson