Parenting Quotes · Page 440

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

— Al Green

I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.

— William Steig

My father was a storekeeper at a factory in west London.

— Ian Gillan

“Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one. ”

— khaled hosseini

My mother was a housewife, and she had no job throughout her entire life.

— Jim Peebles

“Her mother did not guess that water could be more dangerous when there was less of it.”

— Anna-Marie McLemore

My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.

— Ahmet Ertegun

Thanks to my mother, I graduated. But then we lost everything, we were homeless.

— Shannon Briggs

My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave…

— Ben van Berkel

“Being a parent is standing on a shore and watching her child in a vulnerable craft, heading out over deeper and deeper…

— Matt Haig

“In the distance we could hear one of the dogs barking at a fish, and the high whine and low rumble of…

— Susan Barnes

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper…

— Joanne Harris

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for…

— Andrea Jung

My parents have always been very supportive and it hasn't been an issue. Mum worried I might get more problems in life…

— Joe Lycett

As step father's we try as hard as we can, Provide as much as needed, Worry more then most, And pray we…

— Isreal Soria

My mother says my first television experience was hiding behind the sofa watching John Pertwee's 'Doctor Who.' I loved that show.

— David Hewlett

There is a time in our life when we need to strut our stuff and groove on grandiosity, when we need to…

— Judith Viorst

“sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with…

— Anonymous

“Finding the Father My friend, this body offers to carry us for nothing– as the ocean carries logs. So on some days…

— Robert Bly

My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in…

— Bertrand Piccard

Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and…

— Jesse Owens

I don't know that any woman could ever not think about that at some point - even making the choice not to…

— Naomi Watts

You never know when it will be the last time you'll see your father, or kiss your wife, or play with your…

— Jonathan Tropper

From Day One of President Joe Biden's tenure, we have made authentic parent engagement a top priority, not only embedding the needs…

— Miguel Cardona

“Women are mothers of all human kind" ~ Alchemic Journey #quote (wich means #respect :o )”

— Alchemic Journey

Parenting tip: complement your child on something well done when they don't think you are looking!

— Kevin Heath

Limitation of aims is the mother of wisdom and the secret of achievement.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Children are the next generation under construction.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Baseball is fathers and sons. Football is brothers beating each other up in the backyard.

— Donald Hall

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

— Maurice Sendak

My knees on the ground, dear father, don't let me break, please make me stronger.

— Rihanna

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

— Arthur Rock

I said on numerous occasions how I feel about my father. I love him with all my heart.

— Cam Newton

I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.

— Lech Walesa

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War…

— Doris Lessing

My mother's a... beautiful woman, and I think, in some way, I felt intimidated by that sometimes.

— Zoe Kravitz

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

— Ouida

The most inspirational person in my life has been my mother.

— Nicole Maines

The time a father feels most helpless is when he is unable tofulfil his own child's needs.

— Mak_786

“I talked to a mother of nine last night, and I thought, “Nine is nine years too young to be a mother.”

— Jarod Kintz