Parenting Quotes · Page 131

My father only hit me once, but he used a Volvo.

— Bob Monkhouse

When my mother passed away I was 20.

— Deborah Norville

Jim Swan was my father, but Reg Barnes was my dad.

— Jimmy Barnes

My mother had breast cancer when she was 39.

— Lisa Jewell

My mother's life was way too heavy for me.

— Sue Monk Kidd

Repetition is the mother of pedagogy

— Dennis Prager

Education is the mother of leadership.

— Wendell Willkie

Repetition is the mother of skill.

— Tony Robbins

I always loved being in London and being near my parents.

— Sophie Winkleman

Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.

— Hugh Leonard

There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between.

— Jane Goodall

I was conceived after doctors told my mother she'd never have children. I'm a miracle - we all are.

— Jill Scott

My parents are conservatives. Owning a small business lent itself to that viewpoint.

— Daniel Cameron

It can't be bad having a mother who is fulfilled by her work.

— Janine di Giovanni

I am a husband, son and father, a reader, a traveller, a fan, and also a cook.

— Prakash Raj

I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.

— Tony Parker

I always wanted to play a nun, and to play the Reverend Mother was a thrill of a lifetime for me. But,…

— Melissa Leo

My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last -…

— Janine di Giovanni

“Never underestimate the fury of an angry mother, Caspar. They're the most vicious creatures in the world.”

— Elizabeth Hunter

On this father's day, I wish to tell you that I feel blessed and lucky to have a father like you. Happy…

— Anonymous

I spent my childhood in Delhi. I have met my wife here. I spent my life here with my parents and sister.…

— Barun Sobti

I'm not a parenting expert by any means, but I've been interviewing and writing about kids for almost 20 years.

— Nancy Jo Sales

The mother is really a more immediate parent than the father because one is born from the mother, and the first experience…

— Havelock Ellis

Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank.

— Alan King

“What do we do while we wait for my parents to find Jersey?” She let him go, took a step back. “We…

— K.C. Blake

“When I was younger, I craved friendship and closeness. I make bonds without acknowledging how quickly and permanently they would break. I…

— David Levithan

The baby, a girl, is born at 6:24 a.m. She weighs six pounds, ten ounces. The mother takes the baby in her…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I…

— Natascha McElhone

“Grandmother's voice was ice. "They do not. Your mother has been happy all these years, till you began stirring up old memories.…

— L.M. Montgomery

And tonight our skin, our bones, that have survived our fathers, will meet, delicate in the hold, fastened together in an intricate…

— Anne Sexton

What is thy thought? There is no miracle? There is a great one, which thou hast not read, And never shalt escape.…

— Jean Ingelow

“So, do you plan to go to Aokpe?” Father Amadi asked. “I was not really planning to. But I suppose we will…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“I could say it all began with my mother.”

— Shannon Celebi

“dear feather, I'm the wings.”

— Theyab Almutairi

My father was a beautiful man.

— Shania Twain

My parents found me very difficult to educate.

— Mika Brzezinski

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.

— Kid Rock

Patterns are prostitution to the patter of parents.

— Luke Rhinehart

We are born of love. Love is our mother.

— Rumi

Every mother wishes the best for her children.

— Andrea Navedo