Parenting Quotes · Page 456

Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.

— Alan Garner

I don't want my own life to be solely about preserving my parents' lives.

— Nicole Fosse

“He saw that his mother was dwelling in an alternate time, a more bearable reality.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.

— D. Todd Christofferson

[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.

— David O. McKay

Life has no greater blessing than a good mother! Rip Mom

— T Hella Hunnid

I'd like to thank my mother, my father, the Academy. I'm sorry. I was thinking of something else.

— Jim Carrey

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university…

— Archie Panjabi

What learned What loss without father, meaningless without Father's my life and the foundation of life, love to Dad , love Dad…

— Mak_786

In this country, if a woman wants to work, she has very little choice. After you cross the age suitable for a…

— Soni Razdan

I'm lucky to have football. My father was 16 when he worked in the mines. That's practically a child, going down the mines.

— Santi Cazorla

That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and…

— Markus Zusak

I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to…

— Barbara Mikulski

“People want to believe they know other people. Parents want to believe they know their kids. Wives want to believe they know…

— Gillian Flynn

Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister…

— Kourtney Kardashian

I was born in New York but grew up between Switzerland, where my mom is from, and Tunisia, where my dad is…

— Suleika Jaouad

People get so trapped by their technology now. Real life is so much better. I love talking with my mother and father.…

— Sammi Hanratty

But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your…

— Nate

“And is that what you’d wish for him, to have an easy life?" "Isn't that what every parent wishes for?" "No," I…

— Ted Kosmatka

There are those among you who, although young, have already suffered a full measure of grief and sorrow. My heart is filled…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I want a love that was pre-destined before eternity. I want a love that was birthed in my mothers womb. I want…

— Anonymous

“All men must sleep, Bran. Even princes.” “When I sleep I turn into a wolf.” Bran turned his face away and looked…

— George R.R. Martin

Mormon prophets have continuously taught the sublime truth that God the Eternal Father was once a mortal man who passed through a…

— Milton R. Hunter

My father had a piano that was a nickelodeon - put a nickel, and the roller would play.

— Frank Sinatra

People resemble still more the time in which they live, than they resemble their fathers.

— Arthur Helps

No role in life is more important than to be a good mother.

— James Cook

His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.

— Mae West

I know that I play a mother all the time, but different kinds of mother.

— Supriya Pathak

Great mothers bring the arms of comfort to an insecure child in a world of uncertainty.

— Reed Markham

“Who we were will be boldly illustrated in whatever our children became.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“For a liveable environment: Mother Earth forgive us too many mistakes.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.

— Kamala Harris

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

— Chris Hughes

My mother playing the violin and my father and grandfather playing the piano, classical stuff.

— Pete Seeger

I'm up in here tryna get a mother fuckin' scholarship! -Red

— Pineapple Express

As a 16-year-old boy, to leave your parents, leave your surroundings, it makes you grow a bit faster.

— Serge Gnabry

This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids.

— Anonymous

People should realize that parents have feelings to.

— Anonymous

Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports.

— Andre Norton