“On this Mother's Day and every day before and after, I thank you God for the precious gift of my three children.… — Ana Monnar Copy Share Image
I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
a woman may be called a wife and mother for most of her life, while a man is called a husband and… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because… — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
“My mother says we’re supposed to make mistakes. That’s the way we learn.” Rocky Ryan in Bully At Ambush Corner.” — Karen Mueller Coombs Copy Share Image
Father God, we just ask You to open Your wide, wide arms and look down upon us, Lord, and lead us, and… — Norma McCorvey Copy Share Image
My rebelliousness in Sierra Leone helped me survive there, and it stayed with me until I moved to the States and realized… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
(To Lucrezia Borgia) Do people say that I am both your father and your lover? Let the world, that heap of vermin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“In church she had prayed for contentment. She was thirty, with no husband in sight. A good job, an aging father, a… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“Amy Carmichael's mother taught her to ask anything of God, for He promises to hear and answer. So three-year-old Amy knelt at… — Richard M. Hannula Copy Share Image
“Then when is?" she cried. "It's my friend who's been taken." "And he wouldn't have been if you were a proper vampire,"… — Isobelle Cate Copy Share Image
Christianity only hopes. It has hung its harp on the willows, and cannot sing a song in a strange land. It has… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I have never considered myself a writer in exile because I grew up outside of my own country, because my father was… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The mother is only really the mistress of her daughter upon the condition of continually representing herself to her as a model… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever come to terms with not having had a father around, and that's why I made so many… — Amanda Eliasch Copy Share Image
“escape her own father as well. Seizing the moment, she springs Rosaleen from jail, and the two set out across South” — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from… — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
Every time I step onto the field, I think of my parents. It's such an honor to represent them and my family. — Karen Bardsley Copy Share Image
I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I would be the first to admit that I have incredibly high, ambitious standards for my life and my career, and I've… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Just a word of advice. Whenever you're furious with your parents or you think they're terrible, just remember, you vomited on them… — John Green Copy Share Image
Heard about the young deaf boy who used sign language-One day he told his mother a dirty joke and she washed his… — Red Skelton Copy Share Image
I have dogs in my house and much like teenagers at some point, they leave the parents. Even though they're in the… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
If a parent keeps on saying that, 'my kid is not understanding me at all,' he or she needs to look inside… — Gurpreet Ghuggi Copy Share Image
Our parents didn't let us watch a lot of television growing up. We had Disney on Sunday nights, and at 8:30, they… — Courtney B. Vance Copy Share Image
My father who passed away told me that his dream is to watch me playing at a World Cup and I want… — Essam El Hadary Copy Share Image
I think our jobs as parents is to raise our children with empathy - to figure out who this little character is,… — Margaret Trudeau Copy Share Image
I was the straight-A student but sort of a little bit of debating my parents all the time, trying to find when… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
I was always taught by my father to challenge myself and to continue to evolve in my career, and I saw the… — Henrikh Mkhitaryan Copy Share Image
“Your mother wouldn't describe a combination of Brad Pitt, Bill Gates, and Prince William as 'quite a catch.' There is nobody walking… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I am Dominican American. My father was born and raised in the U.S. and his heritage is German and Eastern European, and… — Monica Raymund Copy Share Image
A gentleman respects every women in his life. If you can't respect your own mother, forget about respecting your girlfriend. — James Merrow Copy Share Image
I answer number one to myself, because I know myself. I answer to my fans, because they know me. My mother knows… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
I was pampered by all my father's directors and producers during childhood. But at home, my father made sure I led a… — Ram Charan Copy Share Image
“Private Zombie, did your mother have any children that lived?" "Sir! Yes, sir!" "I bet when you were born she took one… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Parents should not agonize over anything a child does or fails to do if the child is perfectly capable of agonizing over… — John Rosemond Copy Share Image