“The path of development is a journey of discovery that is clear only in retrospect, and it’s rarely a straight line.” — Eileen Kennedy-Moore Copy Share Image
“Raising a child is a time of RAPID CHANGE! From the ages of 0 to 19, a PARENT can age over 30 years!” — Comic Strip Mama Copy Share Image
“Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't soar free.” — C.J. Milbrandt Copy Share Image
There is no home as comfortable as your father's arms and no bed as soft as your mother's lap. — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
“Isn’t that an odd thing for a parent to wish for a child? That he would be less than what he is?” — Tracy Guzeman Copy Share Image
“Children are God's way of saving us. They give us a second chance at getting it right.” — Nancy Arroyo Ruffin Copy Share Image
“MY PARENTS HAD GROWN ME TILL MY BIRTH, THE REST OF MY LIFE WAS GROWN BY MY ENEMIES” — P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar Copy Share Image
“The more you don’t want to be like your parents, the more you will resemble them.” — Yong Kang Chan Copy Share Image
“Wart meets Merlin for the first time – only for Merlin, who lives backwards, it's the last time. The old wizard weeps… — Philip Womack Copy Share Image
“More than Captain America your kids need Amelia Earhart – more than Ant Man, they need Abraham Lincoln - more than Green… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Let your child be the torch of truth and they shall shine over the entirety of the human society brightening even the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors.… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“Your parents were far from saints, Alice. It would be generous to say they were ordinary people who made some very serious… — Tracy Guzeman Copy Share Image
“My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they… — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
“It was a soulless gaze, burning with a wild hatred that shouldn’t be there in anyone who could call themselves a parent.” — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
“Mr. Beecher used to say that the first thing for a man to do, if he would succeed in life, was to… — John C. Carlile Copy Share Image
“Our parents can show us a lot of things: they can show us how we are to be and what things we… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“So now she was trying her best to make conversation, but a parent can't leave a child alone for so long and… — Anthony Breznican Copy Share Image
“Silver linings abound: I always knew I loved my son, but you certainly get a “perspective-check” when you go through a parting… — Rob Kozak Copy Share Image
“What an effort she made to change me, and when it was clear those surface alterations would never occur, she began to… — Pamela Terry Copy Share Image
“I hate Rosebud.’ She laughed. ‘My mother live there.’ ‘Your mother?’ Sylvia had the drooped look of a Basset Hound. Eighty, at… — Anna Spargo-Ryan Copy Share Image
“He had been searching for it his entire life. He had devoted himself to poetry to find it. Now, in the middle… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“It felt strange to call them directly, to hear her father’s “Hello?” after the second ring, and when he heard her voice,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Do not raise creepy crawlers my dear braveheart parents. Raise mighty humans with Himalayan strength in their veins. Give them the voice… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I tried to go to sleep with my headphones still on, but then after a while my mom and dad came in,… — John Green Copy Share Image
“But have you noticed the slight curl at the end of Sam II's mouth, when he looks at you? It means that… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“A lifetime of memories does not provide empirical proof of the value of living. No one memory has a quantifiable value to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“[THE DAILY BREATH] Do you remember the first day of school, when your mom and dad gave you the new uniform, the… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
“I think maybe, when I was very young, I witnessed a chaste cheek kiss between the two when it was impossible to… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“But Dad looked delighted. "My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?” — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“Out of all the things I do, I think being a mom is the most important and satisfying.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
“Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one” — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Why is it parents think they help their kids by pretending things are better than they are? — A. E. Hotchner Copy Share Image
“When daddies want to be left in peace, they don't pay too much attention to what you do” — Gunilla Bergström Copy Share Image
“Most parents pay attention to things they shouldn't and overlook the things they should pay attention to.” — Mohit Yenugwar Copy Share Image
“When I encourage someone, I see it as an investment in their resilience.” — Steve Karagiannis Copy Share Image
“Am I alone in this mother-food connection or does being with your mom trigger the sudden and voracious need for large amounts… — April Paine Copy Share Image
“I want to go back to the tell-me-again times when I slept in her bed and we were everything together. When I… — Erica Lorraine Scheidt Copy Share Image
“Oh, the joy of the arrival of a child, which is both the one and the other, a mirror in which husband… — Georges Rodenbach Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing more complicated – or fragile – than the relationship between parents and their children. It’s like no other relationship there… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
![“[THE DAILY BREATH] Do you remember the first day of school, when your mom and dad gave you the new uniform, the shiny shoes and a little lunch box with fresh food made that morning? The mystery of your relationship with our Heavenly Father is mirrored in your relationship with your children. For…” quote by Dragos Bratasanu](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0a8/dragos-bratasanu-13221_daily-inspiration_the-daily-breath-do-you-remember-the-fir_541177.jpg)
