Parent Quotes · Page 30

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

— Oscar Wilde

My parents were entrepreneurs. They ran a small ad agency in upstate New York.

— Mike McCue

A parent has to be silent much of the time.

— Helen Beardsley

organization is the religion of the single parent.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.

— Deana Carter

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.

— Mary Schmich

“One's past can't be erased, it can only be learned from, the child taught her.”

— H. L. Balcomb

I love being a parent, but it can be difficult for all kinds of reasons.

— Judi Love

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

— James Dobson

I dropped out of college my junior year to do saturday night live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were…

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

“Millions of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol. The same can be said about millions…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect."

— Kelly Ripa

In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never…

— Julianne Moore

The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.

— Joyce Maynard

I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because…

— Junior Seau

I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with…

— Jillian Michaels

At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we…

— Barack Obama

My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff…

— Anonymous

Isn’t he gorgeous?” With those rolls, the wet-sounding grunts, bulbous wiggly tail, and smashed face—not to mention the fart the dog let…

— Jeaniene Frost

I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to…

— Laura Bush

Parents sometimes think of newborns as helpless creatures, but in fact parents' behavior is much more under the infant's control than the…

— Sandra Scarr

I think part of being a parent, to love one's child, is to accept them as they come - not to see…

— Michael Sandel

I've always been a 'your parents have got to come up to the school' type of person. Even now, when I do…

— Russell Brand

“The power to parent will be transferred to whomever the child depends on, whether or not that person is truly dependable, appropriate,…

— Gabor Maté

My young friends, I look forward to you as the real makers of Pakistan, do not be exploited and do not be…

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Communism is not a political party nor a political plan under the Constitution; it is a system of government that is the…

— David O. McKay

Certainly parents play a crucial role in the lives of individuals who are intellectually gifted or creatively talented. But this role is…

— David Elkind

Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts about the needs…

— Kenneth Keniston

...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended…

— Brandon Sanderson

Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for…

— William Blum

We're all looking for acceptance and love, beginning with our parents. And then when you find [that] out, you start working with…

— Jeppe Hein

Children inherit the qualities of the parents, no less than their physical features. Environment does play an important part, but the original…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.

— Edward Albert

The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent.

— Laura Schlessinger

A good parent gives their child roots and wings.

— Jonas Salk

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too...

— Joyce Maynard

[I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.

— W. P. Kinsella

Of course, parents are the most important people in a child's life.

— Hillary Clinton

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

— Chad Harbach

I'm jealous of my parent's, Cause they have an amazing kid like me.

— Simpleman