Parent Quotes · Page 72

Sometimes to be a good parent... You have to laugh when you want to be angry. You have to be angry when…

— Daniel Pearce

Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from.

— Mahershala Ali

Why did I write? whose sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,…

— Alexander Pope

We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning.

— Deepak Chopra

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.

— Julianne Hough

My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom…

— Chelsea Peretti

That's why I get excited over new things, because I didn't have much when I was smaller and my parents could only…

— Jc Caylen

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

— Dirk Benedict

I have two boys on the autism spectrum. I don't always know what's best for them. However, I know there is grace…

— Sho Baraka

Every day I look for ways to be inspired, to learn and to grow. And trying to be the best for my…

— Mia Hamm

My parents always stressed the importance of education, working hard in school and learning as much as possible. They also encouraged me…

— Hillary Clinton

You make certain assumptions as a parent. And you kind of think, at a certain point, you've figured things out. And then…

— Tony Shalhoub

“I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent…

— Anne Lamott

I grew up in a Christian home. The strictness comes with religion in general. Whether you grew up Jewish or Orthodox Jewish…

— Vera Farmiga

It was interesting to have both very a conservative and very liberal parent, because we deal with both these elements in the…

— Frederick Lenz

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and…

— Paul Nurse

I suggest that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendents - those who will ring…

— Hyman Rickover

Who am I? I'm a survivor. I'm a woman with tremendous inner resources and resilience. I care about people. I believe in…

— Jane Fonda

“An alarming number of parents appear to have little confidence in their ability to "teach" their children. We should help parents understand…

— Raymond S. Moore

You are loved. You are dear to your heavenly parents. The infinite and eternal Creator of light and life knows you! He…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor…

— Condoleezza Rice

We see ourselves in other people’s eyes. It’s the nature of the human race; we are a species of reflection, hungry for…

— Karen Marie Moning

I don't want to believe it - that parenting itself makes art hard, that you must always sacrifice one for the other,…

— Kim Brooks

My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents…

— Carlos Castaneda

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from…

— Lady Gaga

Education is a task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected.

— John Goodlad

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

— Brian McDermott

Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.

— Al Bernstein

I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces.

— Melissa Auf der Maur

We don’t want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care…

— Stormie Omartian

Moms, you should parent in whatever way works for your family and spend less time worrying about other people's perceptions of how…

— Rachel Hollis

My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.

— Dani Shapiro

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.

— Joan Blades

When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn't pick up my son every day from school,…

— Barbra Streisand

Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my parents. They got it…

— Richelle Mead

Being a parent is too complicated and emotional a task for magical techniques and miracle cures.

— Ron Taffel

When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.

— Amy Dickinson

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

— Arne Duncan

My parents created a world in which the only ­barrier to your success is your own imagination.

— Shonda Rhimes

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

— Sargent Shriver