“Mother nature pushes you back the faster you go, same way people will full you back, the faster you succeed.” — Arlin Sailesh Kapadia Copy Share Image
My father gave me an old Olympia portable when I was in fourth grade. Our ancestors came from Ireland. Our family stories… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Though the Holy Spirit is God, equal in essence to the Father and the Son, yet his role is consistently to defer… — Bruce A. Ware Copy Share Image
Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
It was during a drive together that I first conceived the story of a teenage girl and a friend of her father's.… — Joy Mathew Copy Share Image
“Will God allow me to be killed in a freak accident if I keep lying to my parents about music and movies?” — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sado-paternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but… — Philip French Copy Share Image
“What distinguishes the way a caring family or state institution treats a child from the way an investor would, if they’re both… — Malcolm Harris Copy Share Image
Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“But I've still better things about children. I've collected a great, great deal about Russian children, Alyosha. There was a little girl… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“perfect for the daughter of a seed trader, he persisted—it took some time to convince his parents, who found the name unusual.… — Petra Durst-Benning Copy Share Image
My father was one-eighth Cherokee indian and my mother was quarter-blood Cherokee. I never got far enough in arithmetic to figure out… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“In part. She sat down and pulled her necklace out of her shirt. "I read about it in my mother's journal. The… — Amber Argyle Copy Share Image
There is a systemic problem in this country, where schools are often forcing parents to turn to Ritalin. — Neil Bush Copy Share Image
Nobody's strong enough to be a parent. We just do it, blindly, going forward on faith and love and hope. That's all… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Because more than anything, her mother had wanted to stand out; because more than anything, her father had wanted to blend in.… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where… — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
As a father, husband, member of the community, and Congressman elected to serve the people of Southwest Florida, the health and safety… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
The difference between motherand God! I saw mother at birth when the mother felt the need Ihave found to my own mother!… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Some things that happen to you in childhood you never forget. You don't forget how people treated you or your parents. — Cedella Marley Copy Share Image
The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
My childhood was not always a happy one because we had to visit our father in jail, as my father was often… — Sheikh Hasina Copy Share Image
My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust. — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
“A grieving son was given the opportunity to write parting words on a card at his mother's funeral. He quoted the verse,… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
I couldn't have gotten this far without my beautiful parents. I'm also very lucky to have the best friends that I do. — Nicole Anderson Copy Share Image
In my parents I saw a model where they were really always communicating, doing things together. They were really kind of a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
We felt often that we were perceived as mothers trying to be lawyers, while a male colleague of ours who had a… — Anne C Weisberg Copy Share Image
“As I reflect on all my friends and colleagues in my life on this special occasion... Mother is only half the word… — Mark W Boyer Copy Share Image
The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
My mother taught me how to apply my own makeup at 13 years old, and the most important lesson I learned is… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind… — Linda McCartney Copy Share Image
It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to the greats of the '80s and, thanks to my parents, the '70s - the Doobie Brothers, Stevie… — Jordan Fisher Copy Share Image
I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
When I first came to Southern California I enrolled at UCLA in pre-med. My fathers a doctor. But the sight of blood… — Barbi Benton Copy Share Image
