Parent Quotes · Page 93

“EVOLUTION A great parent/mentor/teacher will push you beyond their attained status”

— Kamil Ali

I can't tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo.

— Jennie Finch

With a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here.

— Heather Locklear

If you are working or a veteran or a parent, time is often the most precious commodity.

— Neil Bush

My parents divorced when I was a boy and I have since devoted my life to healing families, which is what my…

— Shmuley Boteach

You never know what your parents are going to say when you tell them you're getting married - especially when it's with…

— Chad Kroeger

A child's nature is too serious a thing to admit of its being regarded as a mere appendage to another being.

— Charles Lamb

The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day.

— M Grundler

It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line…

— Sylvester Stallone

One thing that was very clear to me is that the young people in a place like Annawadi aren't tripping on caste…

— Katherine Boo

Attitudes of optimism, of "let them be", and of joy in watching and helping another life develop and blossom will help parents…

— Timothy Carey

I wanted to be on my own. I couldn't wait to be on my own. It did not scare me. I was…

— Rush Limbaugh

my parents ... had decided early on that all of the problems in my family had somehow to do with me. All…

— Roseanne Barr

“Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can’t cling to the…

— Jeannette Walls

But my husband came from a small town and hardworking parents like I did, and I don't think we've lost that mind-set.…

— Carrie Underwood

When I was a kid, you would tune in to 'The Tonight Show' before you went to sleep. Johnny Carson. A big…

— Jimmy Fallon

No one owns you - no matter what the relationship. You are not here on this earth to fulfill the dreams, wants…

— Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse

Don't seek approval. This may be the toughest suggestion for you to follow -- and the most important. Whether you'te a teenager…

— T. J. MacGregor

[My kids] are, sweet, kind, funny, smart, respectful people, and they treat everybody with respect. That's not just the biases of a…

— Barack Obama

There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a…

— Reggie Fils-Aime

We heard her come halfway up the stairs, where she must have seen the bedroom light on. Again, the normal parent reaction…

— Maureen Johnson

Parents' ability to survive a child's unabating needs, wants, and demands...varies enormously. Some people can give and give…Whether children are good or…

— Stella Chess

We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children…

— Orson Scott Card

“Yet he knew that destiny played with lives; the most a parent could do was help steer.”

— Tomson Highway

I have not wept since the death of my parents," said Luxa quietly. "But I am thought to be unnatural in this…

— Suzanne Collins

My parents were so relaxed by the time I was growing up that I got away with a lot more.

— Rose Byrne

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

— Bill de Blasio

I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to…

— Michelle Obama

My parents ... are more like cats. They accidentally had a litter of kittens, and then emotionally moved on to whatever ball…

— Jenny Mollen

First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave.

— Anonymous

...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman…

— Louisa May Alcott

Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.

— Max Lucado

Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.

— Joel Osteen

Our children are our sequels. Our parents are our prequels. All living beings are our equals.

— Anonymous

I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my…

— Hussein Chalayan

I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their…

— Charles Barkley

And Allah made the kindness to parents as a protectional shield to His wrath and displeasure.

— Fatima bint Muhammad

When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.

— Jeff Beck

I do not know what happened with your parents or why they did what they did. But in all the world, I…

— John Stephens