Parenting Quotes · Page 275

It is inappropriate (to allow parents) to design the curriculum and to run the school.

— Rod Paige

I am very proud of my mother - she is one of the greatest influences in my life.

— Lydia Hearst

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

— Virginia Woolf

The sun is our father, the earth is our mother. And God is a myth destroying our family.

— Steve Fowler

Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.

— Marilyn vos Savant

I am the ex who your girlfriend will stalk, who your mother will miss and who you hated to lose

— Sarah Moores

My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me.

— Taufik Hidayat

“They were with their mother, and so they were acting like children.”

— Emma Straub

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you…

— Marian Wright Edelman

So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have…

— Abraham Verghese

“Are you ready to take the ACT on Saturday?" my father asked. Did chickens enjoy being put on trucks labeled KFC? "Sure.”

— Katie McGarry

My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life…

— Woody Allen

Mothers, look after your daughters, keep them near you, keep their confidence - that they may be true and faithful.

— Elmina Shepard Taylor

“I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead…

— William Faulkner

I am the god of being messy - I'm trying to get better. I was terrible in my 20s. My kids are…

— Kevin McKidd

“I believe we hillbillies are the toughest goddamned people on this earth. We take an electric saw to the hide of those…

— J.D. Vance

I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It…

— Jessica Valenti

There is a lot of parenting that's completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now…

— Rosemarie DeWitt

My Heavenly Father, forgive me when I fail to give you thanks for the many blessings you have bestowed upon me. Thank…

— David Kreger

“Every life has a soundtrack. There is a tune that makes me think of the summer I spent rubbing baby oil on…

— Jodi Picoult

“To be a mother is to live in fear. Fear of death, of sickness, of loss, of accidents, of strangers, of the…

— Joanne Harris

“MOTHER – By Ted Kooser Mid April already, and the wild plums bloom at the roadside, a lacy white against the exuberant,…

— Ted Kooser

We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our…

— Yitzhak Rabin

Most definitely always been a passion, and always been one of my goals in life as a young person, to have my…

— Venus Williams

My brother still calls me didi, which is so endearing. That's how our mother raised us.

— Kubra Sait

A father, finding time for what is most important is the true marker of a successful person.

— Rick Warren

The One who knows the fullness of my sin loves me as my Father right now.

— R. C. Sproul, Jr

It's a lot easier being black than gay. At least if you're black you don't have to tell your parents.

— Judy Carter

A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.

— Leah Ward Sears

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

— Annette Funicello

“Mother nature changes her looks for the same reason any woman changes her looks—to be noticed.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.

— Vance McAllister

Balance does not come naturally to any working mother, I can assure you that.

— Mandira Bedi

There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.

— Sophie Kinsella

I liked helping my parents, feeling useful, feeling smart.

— Geisha Williams

Who needs a mother when you have amazing older sisters...?*

— Liani Louw

“A girl doesn't need a hero in her life, she needs a father, doesn't she?”

— Zøe Haslie

“She called it baggage. "You're scared to open your suitcases and see what your mother packed.”

— A.S. King

My parents divorced when I was 12, and leading up to that it was... not without turbulence.

— Adrianne Lenker

My father always shied away from attention. Whenever he'd get a compliment, he'd downplay it.

— Robert Parish