Parenting Quotes · Page 179

Sometimes I pity the one who suffers from their parents' broken marriage.

— Anonymous

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

— Eve Merriam

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.

— Jim Gaffigan

What God is to the world, that parents are to their children.

— Philo

“Teach your child, character, honor and integrity. The greatest gift a parent can give.”

— Joe Mehl

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

— Aldous Huxley

Your Mother Will Always Be There , No Woman Alive Could Take Your Mom's Place

— Anonymous

I think that once you become a parent, you cease to think of yourself as a hero or heroine.

— Amanda Foreman

“But Lucy loved them, she loved her mother, and her mother loved her! We’re all just a mess, Angelina, trying as hard…

— Elizabeth Strout

I've always believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather exist to make leaning unnecessary.

— Wayne Dyer

“I’m already in the late stages of advanced detachment where my mother is concerned. With a little practice I could feel that…

— Susan Juby

My grandmother played a huge influence in my life and helped raise me, and she and my mother saw how much I…

— Adam Cole

I was lucky in the sense that I started work very young but had a solid family base provided by my mother.…

— Elijah Wood

New parents always sound like hucksters in a pyramid scheme. Anyone who has kids and then gets you to go and have…

— Paul Reiser

“it was borne in upon me that I was standing in the awful presence of the Mother of the German Language.”

— Mark Twain

I hate when my parents judge my boyfriend on how he looks...when I was little they taught me never judge a book…

— Brianna

“Famine isn’t unique to humans. All species are subject to it everywhere in the world. When the population of any species outstrips…

— Daniel Quinn

“Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It…

— Kristin Cashore

Nothing is better settled at the common law than the doctrine that the children, even of aliens, born in a country, while…

— St. George Tucker

I am definitely a person who supports mothers. I believe in having children. Maternity leave and all that stuff is super important…

— Rachel Roy

I came up out of the water Raised my hands up to the Father Gave it all to him that day Felt…

— Rascal Flatts - Changed

Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to…

— Laura Benanti

I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor…

— Terry Pratchett

How are you now?, I'm getting married next week. it's too abrupt!my mother even cried, and my father seems so disappointed but…

— Anonymous

“It is a beautiful and scary thing to sit open-handed and let all your plans float away like dust.”

— Anna White

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.

— Colin Powell

My mother taught me to walk proud and tall 'as if the world was mine.'

— Sophia Loren

The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

Even if I had not become a doctor like my parents, I would've done something to do with academics.

— Pranitha Subhash

Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.

— Bernard Bailyn

“Every father's pain casts a shadow over a broken son.”

— Silverchair

Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.

— Diane Cilento

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers.

— Paul Weyrich

Ignorance is the Mother not of Devotion, but of Heresy.

— Cotton Mather

Mother Earth is in pain and ailing because of global warming.

— Danny Glover

My mother has a tremendous amount of pride and self-respect. She won't take assistance from anybody.

— Victor Mitchell

Being a parent means enthusiastically clapping for any ordinary activity of your child.

— Anonymous

My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.

— Vin Diesel

Bigg Boss' taught me to be a better person. But my mother will still vouch that I am the same devil.

— Rupali Ganguly

Humbly, I come to the Maker and the Creator, the Father and the Son, the God-head three in one!

— Maggie Bush