Parenting Quotes · Page 92

I love the man that [Peter Berg] is, the father that he is, and the leader. We push each other in a…

— Mark Wahlberg

A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.

— Raymond Duncan

Being a mother is the only true meaning in my life. It's everything.

— Princess Stephanie of Monaco

My definition of a father is someone who empowers their children.

— Nicolas Cage

“A mindful parent is one who is committed to practicing being present and awake, and to listening deeply to her child, moment…

— Shauna Shapiro

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying…

— Twyla Tharp

My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.

— Kate Bosworth

Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at…

— Camille Paglia

If you don't go through life making excuses, you save yourself, your friends, and parents a lot of trouble.

— Shaun Livingston

When a teacher is paying extra attention to your child, you believe that it's because you raised such an exceptional kid, one…

— Drew Magary

I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents…

— Jenna Bush

“We need to be the adults we want our children to be.”

— Brené Brown

“[My father,] A man who had been taught only to destroy found it hard to create.”

— Nadia Hashimi

“Be careful how you say your own mother’s name; How you articulate your blood.”

— Nkateko Masinga

A lot of Indian fathers don't know how to show affection. My parents really do love me, even though my dad has…

— Rupi Kaur

I got into the situation where I was extreme right. It turned out that my mother is Jewish, my grandmother is Jewish.…

— Csanad Szegedi

The older I become, the more I think about my mother.

— Ingmar Bergman

When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a…

— Richard Gibbons

From the time I can remember my mother kept me in church. I think my first recollection of any place, being anywhere…

— Teddy Pendergrass

If we can genuinely honor our mother and father we are not only at peace with ourselves but we can then give…

— Shirley MacLaine

My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is…

— Jack Bowman

When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long…

— Robyn Davidson

“Book lovers love books!" her mother announced. "There's romance about the books- even having them seems to have a kind of excitement."…

— Chris Van Allsburg

“My mother and father held hands. I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find…

— Anonymous

She said that her father's death had been the hardest thing in her life. "We are all children until our fathers die.

— Melissa Bank

“Ryder Delaney was the one imperfection in my life.He was the bad boy,black sheep,the one your mother always warned you about.He had…

— Paige Weaver

“From the moment she had stepped out from her wooden walls, the path ahead of him had been clearly marked, but he…

— Catherine Anderson

“Tell me Mother will I die? Yes, my child and so shall I”

— Chris Isaak

My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities

— Camryn Manheim

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put…

— Ralph Fiennes

Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It…

— Sheri L. Dew

“Jesus offers us eternal life—not as a collection of facts or rules to follow or as a commodity. He invites us to…

— Paul Louis Metzger

Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at…

— Patricia Richardson

I am shamed to realize that in my marriage, my daughters never heard their father and me fight, which also meant, perhaps,…

— Sandra Tsing Loh

Now I've gotten to know more about the industry. And now that I'm over 18, I can work without my parents on…

— Katie Chang

Jon's mother had three kids named Penny, Nickel and __????__. You'll be amazed how many people get this wrong.

— Justin Mccloskey

The art of Montessori, which simply means finding the best way to help the child himself become what he was meant to…

— Maria Montessori

Only the Lord knows how many children lose heart because their fathers have hard days.

— R. Kent Hughes

“Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean....”

— Brian Jacques

When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.

— David Sheff