I know when my father travelled 5,000 miles to make his home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features. — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
Your mothers get mighty shocked at you girls nowadays, but in her day, her mother was just on the verge of sending… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
My father instilled in me to always work as hard as I can, and if I do I can accomplish whatever I… — T. J. Watt Copy Share Image
“Everyone performs bad actions. I do. Father does. Even you do. A bad person is someone who does not lament his bad… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“...she could see it now, what her father loved about Shakespeare, about that entire, mysterious time, with its pomp and majesty, secrets… — Elise Broach Copy Share Image
My father was a politician and I had no contacts in the music industry, but I could still do some good work… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
On the day of your birth, your parents had no idea that one day you would be my special gift for eternity. — Francesco Cece Copy Share Image
“Merciful Father… I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I… — Ahmed Ibn Fadlan Copy Share Image
This was always the problem with my mother and me, I suddenly realized. There were so many things we thought we agreed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think a generation ago, dads went to work, they came home, and they had their dinner, had a drink, and then… — Zach Cregger Copy Share Image
There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
“I don't like a lot of people, you know? And I have a few friends, but nobody I'm super close with. Riley,… — Magdalene Visaggio Copy Share Image
“Parents sacrifice their lives for their children. Then children become parents and sacrifice their own lives. And so all is sacrificed and… — Tom King Copy Share Image
“The Savior’s was a life of service. When we serve our neighbor, we help those who are in need. In the process… — José L. Alonso Copy Share Image
“When I think of how much this world has suffered; when I think of how long our fathers were slaves, of how… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I think, as a working mother, what is more challenging for me is that I get to balance both work and home… — Smriti Irani Copy Share Image
There is a crying need today to have this truth heralded throughout the land that youth especially may appreciate and hold the… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“I'd never seen a guy get the shit kicked out of him without a punch being landed, but there's a first time… — Michael Harmon Copy Share Image
Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single… — Rza Copy Share Image
I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it… — Natalia Vodianova Copy Share Image
“...his father had taught him when he was still a boy that men should always show respect for women because women carried… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
“My mother has said that it’s often better for a husband and wife not to understand each other too well,” he [Rupert]… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
“There is so much obligatory generosity to being a good mother, a good wife, a good friend. Solitude is an acceptable form… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
My mother used to cook a special brunch for us on Sundays. We used to eat together and watch a film after… — Neeti Mohan Copy Share Image
My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He… — Ivanka Trump Copy Share Image
“Carnal reason doth oft inadvertently rebel against things which to us seem improbable, even if it was thus ordained before we e’er… — Mike IJzerman Copy Share Image
A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get… — Marcelene Cox Copy Share Image
“I thought of an expression my father had once told me: Be good to people on your way up. You may meet… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
My parents were involved in community theater in New Jersey. Instead of hiring a baby sitter, they would take me with them.… — Jane Krakowski Copy Share Image
“EVERY ENDING IS A NEW BEGINNING. YOUR LUCKY NUMBER IS NONE. YOUR LUCKY COLOR IS DEAD. Motto: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“you miss your parents more than you would ever let anyone know... And you are the strongest woman I have ever met” — Nicole Tetterton Copy Share Image
When I left home at 17, I became successful astronomically fast. But I think my parents were so frightened of me failing… — Toyah Willcox Copy Share Image
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“When children see their parents killing insects, then they also kill [insects]. Whatever knowledge they see, they do accordingly. So they take… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I moved to Los Angeles. My parents were not on board with that, and so I had to get a lot of… — Molly Bloom Copy Share Image
My father was a soldier, which meant that he was a warrior, which meant that he was important. My mother rode a… — Spike Milligan Copy Share Image
Long before I achieved financial success and became the subject of a Hollywood film, I was a veteran, a single father, and… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Our mother gives us our earliest lessons in love- and its partner, hate. Our father-our "second other"-elaborates on them. — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
“Eldest child of a family is the most neglected and punished ones by their parents. Which is off course a memory in… — Fahad Basheer Copy Share Image