Parenting Quotes · Page 137

Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.

— Anonymous

If I didn't have to prove my parents I can be something...I'd probably be traveling the world.

— Anonymous

“The only thing we can do is love that little girl as much as she deserves. And never, never hurt her!”

— M.L. Stedman

I maybe convinced my parents to let me cut school once, but definitely, in college, I cut school a lot.

— Ethan Peck

My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.

— Jayne Meadows

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

— Alan Rickman

I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.

— Ursula Burns

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”

— Emilie Buchwald

It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like,…

— Ellen Muth

“After a few years of not talking, I tried reaching out to my father, but by that time he was already a…

— Jarod Kintz

I'm so fascinated by breasts because my mother didn't have them either. If I had them, I'd run up and down flights…

— Kate Beckinsale

Roe v. Wade very clearly sets out that there can be regulations on abortion so long as the life and the health…

— Hillary Clinton

My mum did really well raising me and my brother by herself. I know it was a struggle, and even from a…

— Nicola Adams

Dont hurt me,'Caine whispered. He didnt have the will to look up at her. Gaia laughed. "Have you seen Mother? I seem…

— Michael Grant

“Finally, my mother's training will be put to good use. Never mind finding an eligible bachelor, I mean to find a murderer.”

— Alyxandra Harvey

“Well, my mother did teach me a killer family recipe for a Bloody Mary. I guess I can make that next Thanksgiving-Haylee…

— Natasha Larry

Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her…

— Judith Jamison

“Young women are closer to the time when they were manipulative and childish and they don't let their babies manipulate them as…

— Ellen Gilchrist

We are a people that let the small things just go by because it's a little uncomfortable and nobody wants to ruffle…

— Don Iveson

Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It…

— Franny Billingsley

I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then,…

— Linwood Barclay

I was between 14 and 15, when I went through my angsty period. I was never very rebellious. I never did things…

— Shailene Woodley

“The point behind 1-2-3 Magic is that parents are ready for anything, rather than worrying what the kids are going to do…

— Thomas W. Phelan

“My mother hmms and goes to the kitchen, where cupboards dug into the clay wall are filled with round fruits of orange…

— Olivia A. Cole

I was 11 when my father died, so I didn't know my father so well.

— Louis van Gaal

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

— Sara Shandler

The pride of a father can not be measured in a words.

— Juniorjk

So what is it with your mother that you haven't worked out yet?

— Byron Katie

“Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being.”

— Kittie Frantz

When I started, my mother was already an actress and I wasn't keen on being one.

— Supriya Pathak

Parents must have the courage to say no, to defend truth, and to bear powerful testimony.

— Quentin L. Cook

“What's life without risk," my father said. "Nothing but mauvais foi [bad faith]”

— Susan Hubbard

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

— Annette Funicello

Abortion doesnt make you unpregnant it makes you the mother of a dead baby

— Anonymous

That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is grace for the unrighteous and the self-righteous alike, and the father loves both sons well.”

— Justin Buzzard

Any woman knows that it takes two people to be a good parent.

— Greg Wise

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

— Fatima bint Muhammad

I was raised by a very strict, good mother, so I won't be getting out of line anytime soon.

— Alexa Vega

My parents set high standards. It wasn't okay if you got a B.

— Buster Posey