Parent Quotes · Page 13

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Being a parent is one of greatest mindfulness practices of all.

— Jon Kabat

If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents.

— January Jones

Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.

— Anonymous

“Blessed your mum, who carried you in a womb for nine months.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.

— Martha Reeves

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents.

— Taylor Hanson

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

— Aharon Appelfeld

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."

— Paul Tillich

It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful…

— Aristotle

However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect…

— Robert Neelly Bellah

I think my parents' lives are worthy of writing about. I don't think my life is particularly worthy of writing about.

— Nguyen Viet Thang

There are many roles of a coach. You will be the parent and will take responsibility over the athlete.

— Hidilyn Diaz

I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them.

— John Waters

I've always believed that the desire must come from within, not as a result of being driven by coaches or parents.

— Dawn Fraser

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow

— Thomas Bray

The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't…

— Marian Wright Edelman

Like lots of baby boomers, I was brought up on archaic anthropomorphism. Upstanding Christian dogs. Rabbits with family values. Because the ancient…

— Peter York

For example, parents who talk a lot to their children have kids with better language skills, parents who spank have children who…

— Steven Pinker

When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are,…

— Henry Cavill

I think after Iceland's independence in 1944, we were not very sure of ourselves and our confidence was really low. It took…

— Bjork

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were…

— Alice Miller

Just what should a young man or woman know to be 'in the know'? Is there, in other words, some inside information,…

— Alan Watts

From a very young age, my parents taught me the most important lesson of my whole life: They taught me how to…

— Steven Spielberg

Fortunately for me, I ran across some girls I could get along with so I could enjoy high school life okay, but…

— Natsuo Kirino

The deer aren't our prey or our possessions -- they're us. They're us at one point in the cycle of life and…

— Daniel Quinn

I have a lot of special memories with my parents but my toughest one is, I had, as a teenager, a pretty…

— Max Lucado

After a while, you're growing up so quickly and you begin to not know your parents anymore. You're left with the memories…

— Diane Guerrero

My parents never had any money. It was cash flow. It flows, and you got your fingers in it for a little…

— Dan Aykroyd

I've come to realize that making it your life's work to be different than your parents is not only hard to do,…

— Paul Reiser

Strange combination, isn't it--gratitude and resentment? But this is the way I think. Actually, I think everybody thinks that way. Even the…

— Otsuichi

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry

— Norman Wisdom

The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.

— Sydney J. Harris

You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.

— Ellie Goulding

Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

— Oscar Wilde

I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.

— Margaret Thatcher

My parents are definitely reformed hippies.

— Alison Brie

Exercise makes me a better parent. I'm calmer and happier.

— Poppy Montgomery

Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.

— Lauren Graham