Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. [Lat., Licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, frequenter… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
Children expect their mothers to love them, no matter what. Those who don't get this tend to feel cheated the rest of… — Bella Pollen Copy Share Image
My father taught us to serve with strength and clear-minded conviction, but to do so with humility, to work in the Oval… — Neil Bush Copy Share Image
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
My father's special gift? I think for one it was his gentleness. The way that he could offer a heart in any… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
“It took me a while after I lost my parents to realize it’s not something you ever ‘get over.’ You learn to… — Marie Force Copy Share Image
“Raisin in our only outlier for now: her mother is white, she lives in a white neighbourhood, she eats white food, she… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“For many years I was the principal companion of my mother. She was a beautiful, talented, morbid person. I think she was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“FatherMichael: OK we should get on with this; I don’t want to be late for my 2 o’clock. First I have to… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Of course, I think this is something that Netflix does much better. If you analyze the enormous amounts of effort and attention… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
My parents were both born in 1930. They grew up during the Depression. They wanted their children to have secure lives, to… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
My parents had the plan for my life from the moment my mother tested positive with me. Looking back now, I'd say… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
“You’re starting to look like you did before, and that’s not good because what you looked like was complete shit, so get… — Krista Alasti Copy Share Image
“A mother's heart is a vast and glorious thing. My mother's heart was expansive, having been enlarged by suffering and years of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents weren't very good at keeping things, which is why I treasure my own sons' work so much now - I… — Jamie Hewlett Copy Share Image
“Children rarely follow parental advice unless it is acted out repeatedly. It’s called being an example.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
In 1974, I cried all day long. I kept putting my well arm next to my left one, which could not move.… — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Copy Share Image
“I imagine giving someone such a gift and then having it returned. Parents are always giving things that are not taken.” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking,… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in -- parents, schools,… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
My parents were in the book business, my brothers still run the Dutton bookstores in Los Angeles, and I've been interested in… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
“The madness of wealth,” my mother mumbled. “Sometimes you think you’re spending money, but all along the money’s spending you.” — John Green Copy Share Image
It's very irresponsible as a parent to follow Tipper Gore or the Religious Right's advice and just take the offending CD or… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment. — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
The baddest woman in my book... my mother. I get scared of her now. She used to hit me with anything, skillets,… — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
“Woz spent a lot of time at home reading his father’s electronics journals, and he became enthralled by stories about new computers,” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Kids hated. That's what we did. It's what we do best. We hate our hair, our zits, our friends, our parents... We… — Ryan G. Van Cleave Copy Share Image
I asked my mother, 'Why shouldn't I act?' She said, 'Nobody in the family has acted, so why should you?' — Hina Khan Copy Share Image
Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
You never know how it would be if maybe my father played longer in England or whatever. Maybe I would be English,… — Erling Haaland Copy Share Image
You can't escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you dream about?… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
Any man that has had a mother, has a sister, wants to be a father will find this [movie Bad Moms] incredibly… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
Happy Mother's Day to a mom who shouldn't assume my graduation means the end of my financial dependency. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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