--- title: "20 Parents Hard Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 20 Parents Hard quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Parents Hard sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/rosanna-arquette-15512_child_i-know-parents-have-a-hard-time-letting_746023.jpg" --- > [I know parents have a hard time letting their kids spread their wings and fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosanna-arquette/i-know-parents-have-a-hard-time-letting-their-kids-spread-their-wings/) [Rosanna Arquette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosanna-arquette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/rosanna-arquette-15512_child_i-know-parents-have-a-hard-time-letting_746023.jpg) > [I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lilley/i-think-my-parents-had-a-hard-time-dealing-with-me/) [Chris Lilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-lilley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/chris-lilley-10497_hard_i-think-my-parents-had-a-hard-time-deali_2366407.jpg) > [I think it's in my blood: both of my parents are very hard workers and were always working when I was growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cl/i-think-it-s-in-my-blood-both-of-my-parents-are-very-hard-workers-and/) [CL](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/971/cl-8451_blood_i-think-it-s-in-my-blood-both-of-my-pare_1112800.jpg) > [It's inevitable that we'll have some form of designer children, fueled not just by the science but by parents' hard-wired desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michio-kaku/it-s-inevitable-that-we-ll-have-some-form-of-designer-children-fueled/) [Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michio-kaku/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/michio-kaku-907_child_it-s-inevitable-that-we-ll-have-some-for_1676805.jpg) > [My parents are hard nuts. Especially my Dad. He never wanted me to struggle and he always wanted me to fight my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-hamilton/my-parents-are-hard-nuts-especially-my-dad-he-never-wanted-me-to/) [Nicolas Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/nicolas-hamilton-23935_battles_my-parents-are-hard-nuts-especially-my-d_860236.jpg) > [Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling-2/of-all-the-subjects-on-this-planet-i-think-my-parents-would-have-been/) [J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/j-k-rowling-2-683_bathroom_of-all-the-subjects-on-this-planet-i-thi_1594247.jpg) > [One of the hard things coming from an immigrant family - or any family that doesn't believe in the arts - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-o-yang/one-of-the-hard-things-coming-from-an-immigrant-family-or-any-family/) [Jimmy O. Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-o-yang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/jimmy-o-yang-8131_art_one-of-the-hard-things-coming-from-an-im_1189681.jpg) > [Having parents who were hard working, blue collar, and staunchly independent, neither political party's positioning really impressed me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-bills/having-parents-who-were-hard-working-blue-collar-and-staunchly/) [Kurt Bills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-bills/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/kurt-bills-43105_blue_having-parents-who-were-hard-working-blu_1097084.png) > [Nothing really affects me. That's from being brought up well by my parents and where we're from, and we're a hard working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-pickford/nothing-really-affects-me-that-s-from-being-brought-up-well-by-my/) [Jordan Pickford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-pickford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/jordan-pickford-7991_being_nothing-really-affects-me-that-s-from-be_557039.jpg) > [ I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as \[my parents\] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/i-hope-i-m-as-graceful-and-gracious-as-my-parents-are-it-s-hard-for/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/george-w-bush-64_gracious_i-hope-i-m-as-graceful-and-gracious-as-m_1536965.jpg) > [There are huge pain points experienced by parents. It's hard to find good child care options in one place. It's hard figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-tsai/there-are-huge-pain-points-experienced-by-parents-it-s-hard-to-find/) [Christine Tsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-tsai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/christine-tsai-17994_child_there-are-huge-pain-points-experienced-b_381410.jpg) > [My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-oyelowo/my-parents-are-very-hard-working-people-who-did-everything-they-could/) [David Oyelowo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-oyelowo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/david-oyelowo-7952_brother_my-parents-are-very-hard-working-people_2395109.jpg) > [Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own parents? Anything as hard to grasp as the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/is-there-anything-as-incredible-as-the-love-story-of-your-own-parents/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/jeffrey-eugenides-462_facts_is-there-anything-as-incredible-as-the-l_1866333.jpg) > [It was called 'The Surgery' at the time, but the 'Life Hacks' show was a very important place for me when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vick-hope/it-was-called-the-surgery-at-the-time-but-the-life-hacks-show-was-a/) [Vick Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vick-hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/vick-hope-5617_hard_it-was-called-the-surgery-at-the-time-bu_2705857.jpg) > [My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-j-white/my-mother-was-a-secretary-that-elevated-herself-to-having-her-own/) [Brian J. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-j-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/brian-j-white-28009_about_my-mother-was-a-secretary-that-elevated_972251.png) > [My parents are hard workers and they showed me what it means to work hard. I would give a lot of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clay-guida/my-parents-are-hard-workers-and-they-showed-me-what-it-means-to-work/) [Clay Guida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clay-guida/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/clay-guida-40222_able_my-parents-are-hard-workers-and-they-sho_742634.jpg) > [I've come to realize that making it your life's work to be different than your parents is not only hard to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/i-ve-come-to-realize-that-making-it-your-life-s-work-to-be-different/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/paul-reiser-7549_all-night_i-ve-come-to-realize-that-making-it-your_1172882.jpg) > [I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-scott-berg/i-m-so-blessed-to-have-such-enlightened-parents-it-must-have-been/) [A. Scott Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-scott-berg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/a-scott-berg-31236_able_i-m-so-blessed-to-have-such-enlightened_518529.jpg) > [My own marriages have not been a great success. I've been divorced twice and when I first got divorced it hit my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-tarrant/my-own-marriages-have-not-been-a-great-success-i-ve-been-divorced/) [Chris Tarrant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-tarrant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/chris-tarrant-15958_divorced_my-own-marriages-have-not-been-a-great-s_166827.jpg) > [There are a lot of hard-working parents out there for whom it is hard to support their families during Thanksgiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-harris/there-are-a-lot-of-hard-working-parents-out-there-for-whom-it-is-hard/) [Tobias Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/tobias-harris-6078_family_there-are-a-lot-of-hard-working-parents_810936.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-hard/#itemlist", "name": "Parents Hard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know parents have a hard time letting their kids spread their wings and fly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosanna Arquette" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosanna-arquette/i-know-parents-have-a-hard-time-letting-their-kids-spread-their-wings/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/rosanna-arquette-15512_child_i-know-parents-have-a-hard-time-letting_746023.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/rosanna-arquette-15512_child_i-know-parents-have-a-hard-time-letting_746023.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/rosanna-arquette-15512_child_i-know-parents-have-a-hard-time-letting_746023.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know parents have a hard time letting their kids spread their wings and fly.” — Rosanna Arquette", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Lilley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-lilley/i-think-my-parents-had-a-hard-time-dealing-with-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/chris-lilley-10497_hard_i-think-my-parents-had-a-hard-time-deali_2366407.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/chris-lilley-10497_hard_i-think-my-parents-had-a-hard-time-deali_2366407.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/chris-lilley-10497_hard_i-think-my-parents-had-a-hard-time-deali_2366407.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.” — Chris Lilley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's in my blood: both of my parents are very hard workers and were always working when I was growing up. 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