Parenting Quotes · Page 291

Be kind to everybody, be grateful, say thank you everyday. My parents taught me well.

— Nicole Richie

I remember hiding behind my mom at parent teacher conferences.

— Nav

There's a lot to live up to when three of your parents are successful in the music business.

— Aubrie Sellers

I must say that the first person to realise that I was talented in art was my mother.

— St. Lucia

In the ‘looks of disappointment’ department, my cat has picked up where my father left off.

— Tom Papa

I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.

— Emily Giffin

“What proposal did Bloom, diambulist, father of Milly, somnambulist, make to Stephen, noctambulist?”

— James Joyce

“quit trying to become a better parent and decided to try becoming a better person.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton

“The harder I tried to assimilate, the more I had the feeling that I was distancing myself from my culture, betraying my…

— Marjane Satrapi

So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I think parenting actually makes you lose pieces of your soul again, because they go off, into your children. Or, I mean,…

— Larkin Grimm

Shapeshifter parenting motto—if your kid slit somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear.

— Ilona Andrews

Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa." "There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to…

— Kelley Armstrong

For a long time, I let my mother say what she wanted about me, and what was worse, for a long time…

— Junot Diaz

I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the…

— Moon Unit Zappa

One of the great blessings of the plan is that we are organized into families. You have parents whose greater wisdom and…

— Mary N. Cook

“He took my hand, gave me a quick kiss, and led me to the front porch where my parents had left the…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“Bullshitting god would be Max's plan in a nutshell. Miles could even guess his father's opening gambit. He'd point out to God…

— Richard Russo

“Another low moan rose from the grass. "That was a good shot," Mother said, nodding toward it. "Not good enough." Mother shrugged.…

— Mindy McGinnis

“My father has always broken the rules for those he loves, just as my mother has always kept them for the same…

— Ally Condie

It was not hard for me to find guidance and motivation. I'm very blessed, and my parents were always so supportive of…

— Teyonah Parris

My mother and Ethel Kennedy became good friends and worked together on a number of causes they had shared with their husbands.…

— Bernice King

My mother doesn't need much sleep. At any hour of the night, you'd wake up, and she'd be reading. She'd read five,…

— David Grann

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

— Sidney Poitier

If God is not a personal being for me like my earthly father, He is infinitely more.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“He was everything your mother warned you about when she told you not to walk alone in the dark.”

— Nenia Campbell

My parents were very funny - they didn't know it. But they were. They were actually sharing an IQ.

— Tim Conway

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

— Malala Yousafzai

“Mother Nature offers her nurturing essence to us all freely with no expectation of reciprocation.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

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

— Justin Buzzard

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

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

— Greg Wise

I couldn't live my life the way I do if my parents weren't supportive.

— Meghan McCain

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

— Lincoln Steffens

[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.

— Hope Solo

Even though my parents are American, I spent my whole childhood and adolescence abroad.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

My father was always in bands. He played drums and could sing. And my grandfather was a band leader.

— Randy Rainbow