Parenting Quotes · Page 476

I was in no way ready when my daughter was born. But I want to be a good father to her.

— El DeBarge

In England every man you meet is some man's son; in America, he may be some man's father.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thank God I had two parents who loved me enough to stay on my case.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life.

— J. K. Rowling

My father was a businessman. We had discussions about honesty and dishonesty.

— John Cullum

The Father to whom we pray is the glorious God who created worlds through His Beloved Son.

— Henry B. Eyring

My father has lived a remarkable life and has lived it with great humility.

— Dorothy Bush Koch

Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will fuck you up, every time.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes…

— Criss Jami

My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in…

— Etgar Keret

I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot…

— Ira Levin

I think that, on television and in film, I will continue to be the mother to hot boys until, inevitably, I am…

— Julie White

The severe household has no fierce slaves, while it is the affectionate mother who has the prodigal son.

— Han Fei

I would assume my father would support anything that lifted up and created opportunities for 'the least of these.'

— Martin Luther King III

I feel simultaneously completely vulnerable and made wholly brave by becoming a parent. It has changed the way that I live my…

— Jennifer Nettles

My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids wont grow up to be connected to him.

— Ram Kapoor

I shall take my present leave - but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in…

— George Washington

Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you…

— Mother Teresa

“Thus began a long intimate relationship with God, a true Father, and not some mean guy up in the sky with a…

— Shelley Lubben

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

— Venus Williams

“The short sharp shock of three thousand mother two hundred mothers. The ones who picked through the supermarket debris for pieces of…

— Colum McCann

“My mother used to read to me every night when I was little. We got through most of the major fantasy books…

— Wendy Froud

“Pop, why didn't you ever marry again?" "I was a good husband to your mother," Pop said. "I would not be a…

— Susan Wiggs

There was years when my father didn't even make a hundred grand - or barely made a hundred grand - and sure,…

— Chael Sonnen

“nature or nurture' said the professor. 'Whichever way the parents are to blame”

— Francois Lelord

Ever had a parent who embarrassed u??? Of course you did, this is what happens when a parent hurts me.

— Haley Nichole

“Darwin says your mother’s a whore. Simple as that.”

— Cacilda Jetha

“Working at a job you don't like is the same as going to prison every day," my father used to say.”

— Kathleen Flinn

Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.

— Anne Carson

My parents were Quaker, and they were part of that old self-improving working class.

— David Starkey

Students should respect trees just as they respect their mothers.

— Vivek

I am a much better father and husband than I ever was a sniper.

— Chris Kyle

My father was a unique man, but he had a shyness about him.

— John Carter Cash

“I tried to think of puns that might make my father laugh one more time, and I looked at the stars.”

— Morgan Matson

Kids really need love from two parents. It doesn't matter if it's a mom and a mom, or a dad and a…

— Brendon Ayanbadejo

My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.

— Katy Perry

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

— Maya Rudolph

A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence.

— Howard W. Hunter

I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.

— Aaron Neville

“You are mine for a moment, but you are His, forever His.”

— Matt Hammitt