Parenting Quotes · Page 507

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.

— Thomas Fuller

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

— Amy Tan

The older I become, the more I think about my mother.

— Ingmar Bergman

Why do parents think it's so easy to get straight A's...

— Anonymous

I'm still the community college kid with immigrant parents.

— Jimmy Gomez

My father, Orest, worked as a mechanic for the CNR and he got transferred to Dauphin from Winnipeg.

— Barry Trotz

Please dont leave me alone with your parents if I'm at your house

— Ritu Ghatourey

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain has his mother.

— Robert Frost

“My father never went to college so it was really important I go to college. After college, I called him long distance…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Call home at least once a week. It's a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that's…

— Randy Pausch

Like every mother, my wish - every birthday - is for my children to stay healthy (and) for my family to remain…

— Angelina Jolie

I was born into the business. My mother was an entertainer. It was natural. But yes, in the next life, I might…

— Dina Lohan

The only place I considered home was the boarding school in Yorkshire my parents sent me to. It's easier, isn't it? I…

— Joe Strummer

Children should have a balanced start in life: a mother and a father. I think that's the only reason to get married.

— Cicely Tyson

“You think they liked me?' 'Sure they did. Who cares, though? They're just parents.' 'They're your parents,' he said, glancing over at…

— John Green

“Our God loves us with the fierce love of both a perfect mother and a blameless father; He wars for us violently…

— Sarah Hawkes Valente

“I saw this vividly when I visited my parents’ home, where two of my three sisters, Susan and Cris, were still living.…

— Henry Cloud

“Today's youth cannot escape the shadow of racism that has been passed down organically from parents and others who cling to a…

— Thomas Norman DeWolf

My father was from a secular Jewish family and my mother from a nominally Christian (Episcopalian) one. They were not religious as…

— Mike Berenstain

I don't view it as mystic. I believe that God is our father. He created us. He is powerful because he knows…

— Anonymous

My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He…

— Tracy Morgan

Whether were parents, carers, teachers or anyone working with young children, we know that children move easily and often between free play…

— Michael Rosen

Jesus Christ has now done all He can do, and He waits at the right hand of the His Father, until you…

— Earl Paulk

“Here is the life of holiness as the Thrice Holy gives it: the Father, the first, the Holy One, making holy; the…

— Andrew Murray

My mother played guitar by ear, and all of us sang except my father, bless his heart.

— Keala Settle

My father is scariest person but also ……… . . . . but also the most caring person

— Satish Yo

“Frenemies were uniquely Californian. A danger his mother forgotten to mention.”

— Marshall Thornton

Over my slumbers your loving watch keep; Rock me to sleep, mother; rock me to sleep.

— Anonymous

“Parents now are not expected to live at all, but to exist altogether for their children.”

— Leo Tolstoy

Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I'd like to thank my parents for not practicing birth control.

— Dustin Hoffman

“Your mother loves to perform fellatio upon syphilitic dogs.”

— Lawrence Block

My parents always kept my brothers and I in sports to keep us out of trouble.

— Nia Jax

Kids today look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.

— Uncle Kracker

“When you feel worry brewing, instead of sitting there stewing, get up and start doing.”

— Denise Marek

I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.

— Twyla Tharp

I think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.

— Samuel Alito

Mothers will be fishing kids out of obscure cubby-holes for years!

— Richard Hammond

“My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples. John 15:8”

— Beth Moore

The daughter of a good mother will be the mother of a good daughter.

— Vikrant Parsai