Parenting Quotes · Page 185

Parents shouldn't leave their kids unless —unless they've got to.

— Anonymous

I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.

— Vera Farmiga

Back of every achievement is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.

— Brooks Hays

My children feel proud of me. Since their father is honest, they have nothing to be ashamed about.

— Arvind Kejriwal

Giving your parents toilet paper when they tell you whatever you give them, they probably won't use

— Anonymous

As anyone who is a father or mother out there can tell you, it's pretty amazing.

— John Isner

“Every child gets a good mother, but not every mother gets a good child.”

— Amit Kalantri

The accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on parents.

— Anonymous

My mother was a star-struck girl from a little town in Arkansas who had gone to finishing school in New York, and…

— George Hamilton

“When my father was growing up inside the Old City of Jerusalem, he and his friends liked to trade desserts after diner.”

— Naomi Shibab Nye

There is still quite the vibe out there that as a parent you have to be completely in control and in charge.

— Ross W. Greene

Happy Father's Day to all fathers to be, fathers that are, to mothers who are also fathers and fathers no longer with…

— Anonymous

I'm Catholic. My mother and I were unpacking and she found my diaphragm. I had to tell her it was a bathing…

— Lizz Winstead

As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then…

— Pete Wentz

I've been married 23 years now. Gone from spending all of my time on the road to being a husband and father.

— Shawn Kemp

“Another reason it's dangerous to acknowledge that you were unloved is that it implies the possibility that your mother may have been…

— Victoria Secunda

“Neither the Ten Commandments nor the Bible elsewhere commands us to love our parents. This is particularly striking given that the Bible…

— Dennis Prager

I don't believe in anything, Mother," I said. "You told Armand long ago that you believe you'll find answers in the great…

— Anne Rice

Let's face it: There used to be something tragic about even the most beautiful forty-two-year-old woman. With half her life still ahead…

— Tom Junod

My parents are from the South - they were both born in Birmingham - so my dad saw R.E.M. really early on…

— Haley Joel Osment

“Speaking of messy, I recently quit parenting. I do not parent in August. August parenting is not a good look for me.…

— Glennon Melton

Harry can paint but I can't. He has our father's talent while I, on the other hand, am about the biggest idiot…

— Prince William

Suppose we concede that if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs…

— Alvin Plantinga

Most parents hate to experience conflict, are deeply troubled when it occurs, and are quite confused about how to handle it constructively.…

— Thomas Gordon

Now I finally know how painful it is for a mother to be working when her child needs her.

— Mandira Bedi

She who cultivates virtue in her parents' home, shall obtain a home at her in-laws.

— Sri Guru Granth Sahib

My parents were definitely the biggest influence in my life.

— Donna Strickland

Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.

— Bob Hope

Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.

— A. P. Herbert

UNFORGIVENESS IS THE FATHER OF HATRED WHILE HUMAN BEING ARE HER MOTHER.

— CORNELIUS IBIOLORUNDUN

Spider-Man is a school boy that's looking for his parents.

— Rhys Ifans

When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

— Benjamin Disraeli

My mother got married at a very young age, but she did her B.A., B. Ed and M.A. after marriage.

— Poonam Dhillon

My wife knows me as Vermin. My mother knows me as Vermin. For all intent and purposes, that's my name.

— Vermin Supreme

Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't have them.

— Junot Diaz

“Were you dropped on your head as a baby or did your mother just throw you against a wall ?”

— Christine Zolendz

I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.

— Steven Saylor

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

— Questlove

My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too.

— Zico

For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.

— Tahir Shah