--- title: "8 Mistakes Parents Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Mistakes Parents quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Mistakes Parents sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/mak-786-30_biggest-mistake_if-anyone-in-this-world-is-greater-than_316050.jpg" --- > [If anyone in this world is greater than God, they are your parents.because God may not forgive your mistakes, but parents must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/if-anyone-in-this-world-is-greater-than-god-they-are-your-parents/) [Mak\_786](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mak-786/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/mak-786-30_biggest-mistake_if-anyone-in-this-world-is-greater-than_316050.jpg) > [Serving and helping are great things, but we can go too far. Managers should not adopt poor performers. Colleagues should not cover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-g-miller/serving-and-helping-are-great-things-but-we-can-go-too-far-managers/) [John G. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-g-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/john-g-miller-29029_children_serving-and-helping-are-great-things-but_467497.jpg) > [A good place to start is with the kids ... One of the great founding principles of our country was that children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/a-good-place-to-start-is-with-the-kids-one-of-the-great-founding/) [Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/eric-cantor-16699_children_a-good-place-to-start-is-with-the-kids-o_771545.jpg) > [The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-andrews/the-biggest-mistakes-most-parents-make-and-believe-me-i-m-guilty-of/) [Andy Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/andy-andrews-2056_believe_the-biggest-mistakes-most-parents-make-a_1248701.png) > [Children who avoid the mistakes their parents made often make the mistakes their parents avoided.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/children-who-avoid-the-mistakes-their-parents-made-often-make-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/anonymous-1_children_children-who-avoid-the-mistakes-their-pa_1318858.jpg) > [“One of the biggest - and I would guess most common - mistakes parents make is to transfer their own childhood shit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/one-of-the-biggest-and-i-would-guess-most-common-mistakes-parents/) [Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/sarah-silverman-1212_childhood_one-of-the-biggest-and-i-would-guess-mos_2059195.png) > [The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/the-fundamental-premise-of-sci-fi-is-not-spaceships-and-lasers-it-s/) [David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/david-brin-3024_children_the-fundamental-premise-of-sci-fi-is-not_2198386.png) > [I don't want to make any mistakes. My parents have been married for 40 years. I want to stay married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-ziering/i-don-t-want-to-make-any-mistakes-my-parents-have-been-married-for-40/) [Ian Ziering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-ziering/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/ian-ziering-7744_failure_i-don-t-want-to-make-any-mistakes-my-par_3001309.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mistakes-parents/#itemlist", "name": "Mistakes Parents Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If anyone in this world is greater than God, they are your parents.because God may not forgive your mistakes, but parents must forgive you for even your biggest mistakes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mak_786" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/if-anyone-in-this-world-is-greater-than-god-they-are-your-parents/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/mak-786-30_biggest-mistake_if-anyone-in-this-world-is-greater-than_316050.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/mak-786-30_biggest-mistake_if-anyone-in-this-world-is-greater-than_316050.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/mak-786-30_biggest-mistake_if-anyone-in-this-world-is-greater-than_316050.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If anyone in this world is greater than God, they are your parents.because God may not forgive your…” — Mak_786", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Serving and helping are great things, but we can go too far. 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