Parents Quotes · Page 117

Parents impose their wishes on children, driving them to the brink.

— Manoj Kumar

In a Polynesian family it's not always about yourself, you've got to look after your parents and your younger siblings.

— Israel Folau

There is a systemic problem in this country, where schools are often forcing parents to turn to Ritalin.

— Neil Bush

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

Some things that happen to you in childhood you never forget. You don't forget how people treated you or your parents.

— Cedella Marley

Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one.

— Toni Morrison

When I announced that I wanted to become an actress, my parents were dead against it. I had to put up a…

— Simi Garewal

I can distinctly remember being the only boy in my class whose parents had separated.

— Nigel Farage

Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are…

— Anonymous

I think something that really shocked me as a nanny were parents who sort of assumed the worst from the get-go. People…

— Emma McLaughlin

The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a…

— George Bernard Shaw

I never wanted to impress anyone nor had to complete my education just so that my parents could allow me to pursue…

— Guru Randhawa

Not everyone's role model material, but we do have a sense of responsibility because kids listen more to us than they would…

— Pepa

Normally, my birthdays are very quiet. I go to the temple with my family and later take blessing from my parents. A…

— R. Madhavan

When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could…

— Patrick White

I love doing things quietly. I love being with friends. I love my parents and my brother Guglielmo. They are essentials to…

— Vittoria Ceretti

I guess, for me, I've always thought that there was humor everywhere. And as a kid, I just, you know, I grew…

— Justin Timberlake

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason…

— Dennis Prager

“Keep in mind that the current generation of young parents desires and authentic, "we-are-in-this-with-you," type of relationship. Receiving interest from a perceived…

— Amy Fenton Lee

CARE and our partner organizations have found that one of the most effective ways of stopping child marriage is to tap into…

— Helene D. Gayle

The only thing I know is that no one ever sat in a therapist's or a psychiatrist's room saying, 'My parents just…

— James Corden

In my experience, there are plenty of bad middle-class parents: those who put their own lives and careers before those of their…

— Martin Jacques

The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St.…

— Maya Angelou

I have the greatest respect for single parents who struggle and sacrifice, trying against almost superhuman odds to hold the family together.…

— James E. Faust

“Pais que não conhecem a si mesmo não são capazes de evitar a reprodução, em seus filhos, de suas disfunções”

— Carlos Messa

So actually, there could be parents-of-the-parents-of-the-parents-of-the parents?

— Lois Lowry

Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders.

— Amanda Ripley

Cancers are very protective parents and can worry themselves silly upon their children being out of sight.

— Anonymous

Thank God I had two parents who loved me enough to stay on my case.

— Shaquille O'Neal

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

— Jason Mraz

There is no magic on earth strong enough to wipe out the legacies of one's parents.

— Salman Rushdie

We were far from rich, but I never remember my parents worrying about money.

— Jan Schakowsky

I'll stand up for educational opportunities for our children and for parents across the Lowcountry in Congress.

— Nancy Mace

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.

— Ella Maillart

When parents say 'Because I said so.' you know you made a good argument.

— Anonymous

Growing up, I didn't ever think I was going to go to college because, financially, my parents just couldn't handle it.

— Dawn Staley

I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.

— Roberto Benigni

My parents are angels. They've always been encouraging of anything I do. Total support, 100 percent.

— Stella Maxwell

My parents let me find my way and that's how they supported me the entire way.

— Channing Tatum

My parents made reading fun for me as a kid and that's stayed with me my whole life.

— Tom Fletcher