Parenting Quotes · Page 258

It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers.

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

A Father's dream is to train up a soldier who will defend his home.

— Terry Mark

My parents have been unbelievable. Obviously, without them, I wouldn't be where I am.

— Katrina Adams

I went to school with a lot of kids whose fathers and mothers were part of the El Paso black history.

— Ron Stallworth

I should’ve known the day was going to turn out bad when it started with my father trying to kill me

— Darynda Jones

There is no more powerful advocate than a parent armed with information and options.

— Rod Paige

My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.

— Julie Andrews

Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.

— Dimitar Sasselov

After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Measuring Safety Performance by the number of injuries you have is like measuring parenting by the number of smacks you give

— Robert Long

The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and…

— Tom DeLay

I've always had people in my life who've loved and supported me and have always championed me. I think my mother has…

— Khalil Rountree Jr

I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it…

— Princess Diana

As a working mother, wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law, I have to make constant moral choices. Every choice I make results in someone…

— Amanda Foreman

How often a mother initiates a conversation with her child is not predictive of the language outcomes - what matters is, if…

— Po Bronson

I knew my mother was a good person, a wonderful person, but I didn't know to what extent until people came to…

— Velma Evans

I literally wear a mask. When I take it off, I'm a father. I'm a husband. I like to come home, and…

— Rey Mysterio

My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure…

— Erykah Badu

“This has been a wonderful year for us, because your little sister arrived. Your mother and I are so happy; we feel…

— Hari Kunzru

My first film was a Malayalam film where I played a small character and then my big debut happened in Kannada, which…

— Shraddha Srinath

“Parents in particular often confuse nurturing with rescuing. To nurture is to empower —to provide the skills and information that will eventually…

— Jonathan Berent

Christian's family lived under the shadow cast by his parents. They had purposely become Striogi, trading thier magic and mortality to become…

— Richelle Mead

“When you've had one call after another and your little one is tugging on your shirt, remember what really matters. When the…

— Rebecca Eanes

My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job that…

— Alfred Molina

“In the dream, Tana's mother loved her more than anyone or anything. More than death.”

— Holly Black

Judge a man by the comments of his neighbour rather than by the words of his mother.

— Vikrant Parsai

My father was actually a chemist. He got a degree in chemistry from Stanford.

— Bill Foster

“Every child needs a father. Even if he turns out to be Darth Vader.”

— Jackson Radcliffe

I was taught fashion very early, from the age of 12 when my father bought and created the group.

— Antoine Arnault

Freedom, where are you? Who holds you back? [...] The mother of wit and pleasure, Oh freedom!

— Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

Can't wait till my mother gets home cuz I need her shoulder to cry on and her honest opinion.

— Anonymous

I go to him as a baby goes to his mother so that he can fill me and invade all and take…

— Elizabeth of the Trinity

My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.

— Haley Joel Osment

“Being my mother doesn’t give her a licence to abuse me.”

— Danu Morrigan

My mother has done so much for me in my life and has continuously been there and been my rock.

— J. R. Martinez

“What'd did I tell you?" muttered Adrian. He has no fuzzy affection for his father. "De-lightful.”

— Richelle Mead

My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.

— Pierre Omidyar

“A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.”

— Shahida Arabi

My whole life I had seen my father solve every problem he had through the use of violence.

— Juan Pablo Escobar

That's my sweetheart in there. I'm not living her. This is my home now. Your mother is my home.

— Nicholas Sparks