“It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children… — L.R. Knost Copy Share Image
I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
I think in any father-son relationship, there's going to be times you say, 'Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.' — Michael Raymond-James Copy Share Image
“Love is two smiles shared between two people. Or two smiles and a smirk, shared between one couple and a jerk. Or… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself,… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Me: *laughs* Parents: What's so funny? What's going on? Who are you talking to? Can I see what the joke is? Are… — Celeste Hartman Copy Share Image
My mother told me it's better to start using anti-aging products even at a young age. Especially since I'm an actress, and… — Song Hye-kyo Copy Share Image
“The thought of my mother talking to me about sex makes me want to stab my eyes out with a fork, gouge… — Addison Moore Copy Share Image
“The role of the parents is not to become the child, but to provide guidance to it, to walk it through the… — Lamine Pearlheart Copy Share Image
“Sad as it was that she did not know where her children were buried or what they looked like if alive, fact… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
When we believe in our child fully, we trust that they are doing the very best they can at every moment, given… — Jan Hunt Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are inclined to think that a very great portion of modern revivalism has been more a curse than a blessing,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Among a democratic people, where there is no hereditary wealth, every man works to earn a living, or is born of parents… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The first Republican I knew was my father and he is still the Republican I most admire. He joined our party because… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“The name given me by my mother was, "Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey." I, however, had dispensed with the two middle names long… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Thither daily, and oftentimes a day, generally after each meal, we saw our father retire, and "shut to the door"; and we… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
Have to love the preemptive guilt trip! I will be visiting home for Mother's Day. Hoping for minimal "baby cannon" talk, but… — Kate Siegel Copy Share Image
“(When she thought of her father, she thought only of Bail Organa. He had been her father in spirit, and surely that… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
“all these things were foreknown by the Father; but the Son works them out at the proper time in perfect order and… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots… — Georges Courteline Copy Share Image
“these Romans counted their lineage through the male line, rather than sensibly through the mother; it was silly, for how could any… — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
We have trials to face because our Heavenly Father loves us. His purpose is to help us qualify for the blessing of… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
I have never been particularly picky when it comes to what I'm putting in my hair. Most of it is just the… — Charlie White Copy Share Image
I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
I am a mother. Whether it is Alia or Shaheen, at any point in time, if they are suffering, I am the… — Soni Razdan Copy Share Image
Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“It has been said that as goes the family, so goes the world. It can also be said that as goes the… — Voddie T. Baucham Jr Copy Share Image
Some of the most important lessons I've learned have been from stumbling, and I am deeply grateful that my parents allowed me… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I remember being home alone when I was about 13 and making a souffle from a recipe in one of my mother's… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't rest in my business interests, I don't rest being a husband, I don't rest being a father, and I don't… — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for… — Shirley Temple Copy Share Image
There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have children, but there can be no doubt that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Let your kids pick their punishments. Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around. It's easier, and we're usually right!… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she thought I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father,… — David Charvet Copy Share Image
Of course I don't always enjoy being a mother. At those times my husband and I hole up somewhere in the wine… — Dorothy Debolt Copy Share Image
