Parents Quotes · Page 55

How well you do in life shouldn't depend on how well your parents did.

— Robert D. Putnam

Our children need to remember to love each other, how to honor each other, their parents, God, and their neighbors.

— Alveda King

Having one child makes you a parent; having two youare referee

— David Frost

“Get the parents out of the way and then something interesting can happen.”

— Rick Riordan

It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.

— Sara Zarr

Knowing what I know now, if I could have chosen parents, I would have chosen exactly the ones God selected for me.

— Coretta Scott King

I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.

— Sally Ride

0nly few people stay beside u 4ever without hurting u much other than our parents…

— Melchor Lim

I'm an only child and grew up in a bad neighborhood. My parents weren't well-off, but they would save up to get…

— Roy Hibbert

When I was young, I put on performances for my family and my parents where I would dance like a woman, singing…

— Arca

You only realise when you have children of your own how much your parents do for you. My dad, Colin, would get…

— Robbie Savage

“If you’ve learned anything from your parents, it ought to be this—love works only when it’s mutual. Otherwise, eventually it becomes exactly…

— Sabrina Jeffries

They [her parents] still highly encourage me to come home ... but, it's every time I go home I can tell they're…

— Kate Stoltzfus

“I've been alone since my mom met Scott. He sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly. No nurture, no…

— Ellen Hopkins

My parents retired to New York City, and my brother and both of my sisters ended up in New York City. We…

— Steven Pasquale

My parents gave up on their dreams in sports because they were athletes, and they had me at such an early age.…

— Jessica McDonald

“Matthew knew that phrenology was nonsense, and yet, years later, he found himself making judgments similar to those made by his father;…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Fame is a weird thing. I think maybe I learned to never get too big for your boots. Keep your feet on…

— Georgia King

“My grandfather was a duck trapper He could do it with just dragnets and ropes My grandmother could sew new dresses out…

— Bob Dylan

Parents who do not persevere in rearing their children according to their own convictions are not leaving them 'free' to develop on…

— William V. Shannon

I've heard that it's possible to grow up - I've just never met anyone who's actually done it. Without parents to defy,…

— Anonymous

“The job of parents is to model. Modeling includes how to be a man or woman; how to relate intimately to another…

— John Bradshaw

So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few…

— Scott Simon

Henry, this isn't about us. I mean it is, but they don't define you by the button you wear. They define you…

— Jamie Ford

Samir's very understanding and my parents think he's a great guy.

— Neelam Kothari

2 hour movie, 30 second sex scene. Guess which part your parents walk in on...

— Patience

My parents are completely cool with whatever decision I take.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents' No. 1 priority is the kids' education.

— Weili Dai

I have a great work ethic because I've watched my parents work super hard.

— Mirai Nagasu

We need to empower parents with the skills so that they can stay up to date on how to protect their families.

— Eric Adams

I was just grateful for the fact that I was able to repay my parents for their sacrifices throughout my career.

— Dinah Jane

“Parents notice the matches between their kids and themselves more than the mismatches,”

— Anonymous

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

— Harry Shum, Jr

My parents raised me right, so I always open doors for people and try to have good manners.

— Matt Bomer

My parents are my No. 1 supporters and they always have been.

— Mariel Zagunis

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

— Nicholas Hoult

How we treat our parents teaches our children how to treat us...and the circle of life continues.

— Jordan Blake Michiels

Both my parents died on the young side. My father was 45, and my mother was 61, so cancer's affected me in…

— Kevin Connolly

I don't know if I was funny as a child, though I always thought my parents really enjoyed listening to me sing.

— Pippa Evans

Dick and I became increasingly committed to helping other parents - parents from low-income families in particular.

— Betsy DeVos