“Yes, dear Father. But has it ever occurred to you that by controlling [your feelings] you destroy them? How many times can… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“I’d had this idea that my birth mother was waiting for me to get in touch, and that we’d have this fantastic… — Adele Abbott Copy Share Image
“Make special memories on this day to honor the father of your children by asking the kids to prepare a special meal.… — Josie Brown Copy Share Image
I basically had the same body when I was 14 and that was weird. But I think I had really good parents.… — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
“Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender,… — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
She was the one getting me to practise football. My father has helped in other ways but my mum was the one… — Jorginho Copy Share Image
My father wanted me to be a dentist like him, or any doctor, really. There was this attitude of, 'The civil rights… — Amy Sherald Copy Share Image
“Fatigue is epidemic among women in general, and mothers in particular. Mothers talk about sleep the way someone who is starving talks… — Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Ph.D Copy Share Image
'You claim to be the man, you want me for a lover, So you can do my girlfriends and my sister and… — Dres Copy Share Image
The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is no better way to crush someone’s self-confidence than to tell this person that her / his choice was wrong, and… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
“It’s not their (parents’) job to prevent their children from making mistakes, because mistakes are a normal part of our lives. It’s… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
“A few days ago I was at a private ball given by Mr Ashburnham. As my mother never goes out she entrusted… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Every man who has a sister, mother, wife, girlfriend or even a random female in their life who they've spent more than… — Katty Kay Copy Share Image
“My mother raised her eyebrow, and murmured, “And to think I was always worried that you didn’t have any friends. I suppose… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
I don't think people understand what being a parent means, you have to put your kid before everything including yourself — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“Kilroy," Jeremy said and the boy turned to face his father again. "Stand fast, boy," he told him. "Stand fast.” — Hazel B. West Copy Share Image
Our mother Eve, who tasted of the tree, Giving to Adam what she held most dear, Was simply good, and had no… — Emilia Lanier Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, when you're a parent and you completely love your child, it can make you act a bit crazy. — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
If our boys and girls are not so good as they were when you were a child their age, it may be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father, his values were anchored in the time, but they were also timeless, whether it's bilingualism, multiculturalism or the charter of… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Just as a father feels it is all ending and his children are off to start their own families, a new role… — Alvin Francis Poussaint Copy Share Image
I hate it when people tell me the end of the story because my mother always read the last page of a… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Sweet to the miser are his glittering heaps, Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth, Sweet is revenge--especially to women” — George Gordon Noel Byron Copy Share Image
“All artists are mothers. To be an artist is to be a creator, whether of a symphony or a supper or a… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“I’m always saying a mother never loses her peach pit instinct. Even with a grown son, you have to stop yourself from… — Joshua Henkin Copy Share Image
I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything… — Guy Lafleur Copy Share Image
“If there’s one thing my mother taught me, it is how to wear the perfect mask. Never show them what you’re really… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my… — Kara Swisher Copy Share Image
it is a little considered fact that simply in the process of becoming a mother, one does not automatically become a saint. — Eugenia Price Copy Share Image
It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
All mothers sacrifice so much for their kids. So, I think it is the job of a mother that deserves the highest… — Manushi Chhillar Copy Share Image
Oftentimes we hate our parents for bragging us with the things we didn't want to do, but there's one thing we must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
“It is also of grave importance that society realize that children who are brought up in a single parent household can and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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