Parenting Quotes · Page 487

I am a father who never pushes or forces his children into anything.

— Pankaj Kapur

“Once you accept the fact that life isn't fun, you'll be much happier," his mother said to him.”

— Paul Bowles

we are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud

— Gloria Steinem

A man who abandoned his children will never get a chance to feel the real essence of being a father...

— Tanya Grace

“A child is not likely to find a father in God unless he finds something of God in his father.”

— Glenn Wheeler

My father became completely responsible for my education and for raising me.

— Diego Luna

'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

My father is my hero and that's never going to change.

— Prateik Babbar

“The oft repeated jape about his father was just another lie, Lord Tywin Lannister in the end did not shit gold.”

— George R.R. Martin

I am still attached to my wedding sari and preserve it with care. There are so many little things I have kept…

— Hema Malini

My father always told me, 'Don't waste energy worrying about things you can't control. Spend your energy focusing on solutions'.

— Jared Kushner

“She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the…

— Suzanne Collins

Loving fathers give their children boundaries so they won't get hurt and can live with peace and purpose.

— Jennifer Rothschild

“Humanity is so adaptable, my mother would say. Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a…

— Margaret Atwood

My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn't down with that.

— Guy Fieri

“Ree coveted Anya’s curves sometimes, having inherited a fairly sticklike figure from her mother’s side of the family. Ree wore her hair…

— Michael R. Underwood

First, draw off your hearts, because Jesus Christ, the Head, is risen and ascended upon high, and there sits at the right…

— Christopher Love

“Out of desperation, I sent my maid over to my mother's house to learn how to cook all of the dishes that…

— N.T. Alcuaz

“My father was exceptionally tall and exceptionally handsome, and he only had to walk into a room to dominate the assembly of…

— Philippa Gregory

My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her…

— H. Robert Horvitz

“The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks.…

— Cheryl Strayed

Once, I was at a party...This was at a time when it seemed like I had everything. I was young. I was…

— Oscar De La Hoya

“I can see some of the roses still blooming in my mother´s garden. Brown on the edges and bright in other colors,…

— Laura Nowlin

In giving our daughter life, her father and I had also given her death, something I hadn't realized until that new creature…

— Mary Cantwell

Parents should plant deeply the seed of the work ethic into the hearts and habits of their children.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Find a guy who will take you to meet his parents, not his bedroom.

— Obviously Me :p

I felt so much closer to my mother after I had babies. It bonds a mother and daughter more.

— Sharmila Tagore

In general, I like whatever my mother cooks. But I especially like her chat meals.

— Sunny Singh

When Father smiled, it was like the sun coming out, and spring and summer in your heart.

— Gladys Taber

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

— Bill Cosby

“My father had coats the way old spinsters have cats.”

— Molly Wizenberg

“His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

My parents told me 'You watch too much TV and should try reading more!' So I turned on the subtitles.

— Anonymous

Rhythm is our universal mother tongue. It's the language of the soul.

— Gabrielle Roth

I just want to be that to my children. The ultimate father.

— Lil Baby

I was born to an Arab father and I was born Islamic.

— Kola Boof

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.

— Bruce Willis

Mothers remember a child's first words, and quote them in tones usually reserved for Byron.

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

I want to be present for my kids, and my biological father wasn't present for me.

— Tyrann Mathieu

I can assure you I have never made decisions on my mother's behalf on her foundation's board.

— Betsy DeVos