Parents Quotes · Page 114

Appreciate your parents. You never know what sacrifices they went through for you.

— Anonymous

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

— Anonymous

“Parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.”

— Bill Cosby

Parents 1 Jobs are to be Positive Role Models for their children.

— Anonymous

Grandmother a little bit parent,a little bit teacher,and a little bit best friend

— Anonymous

My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.

— Jack Davenport

When my parents separated, I became the breadwinner of the family.

— Pia Wurtzbach

I left 'Spring Awakening,' and within a month of leaving the show, I came out to my parents and to my friends…

— Jonathan Groff

My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's…

— Eric Close

When my sister Joan arrived, I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvellous friend…

— Maeve Binchy

I promise you that I did not become an addict because of anything to do with the behavior of either of my…

— Steve Earle

My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They told me to…

— Dylan Lauren

Whether it was with drag or with sports or in school or whatever I was interested in, my parents were always supportive…

— Aquaria

Cultivating a thoughtful citizenry is a project for educators, parents, and religious and community leaders as much as tech leaders.

— Ro Khanna

My mother always wanted to play an instrument. Her parents never gave her that. Then it got to a point where I'd…

— Lulu Wang

Having to parent your mother or father is a challenge that way too many teens have to deal with. Teens whose parents…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

My parents loved me, and I think they realized that I was probably not going to have a normal 9-to-5 job. For…

— Jason Wu

What is less often noticed is that it is precisely the kind of moral instruction that parents are constantly trying to give…

— Anonymous

Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I…

— Ian Rankin

What my parents have given to me is not anything that has to do with money or success or anything that society…

— Willow Smith

“Neither parents nor schools are very effective at teaching the young to find pleasure in the right things. Adults, themselves often deluded…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“As parents, we have the responsibility and the power to create a foundational love for nutritious foods that will influence our children's…

— Leah Borski

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

— Renee Fleming

My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do…

— Anonymous

I was lucky that my parents had supported and guided me with a positive framework.

— Shiva Ayyadurai

Mum - clean your room . We're having guest over for dinner Me - I didn't realize dinner was being held in…

— Rayan

Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.

— Mahatma Gandhi

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

— Scott Speedman

I never had holidays when I was a kid, because my parents couldn't afford them.

— Monica Galetti

My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.

— Francisco Costa

My background's working class. My parents had to work to make ends meet. We don't come from any sense of privilege.

— Jon Bon Jovi

To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.

— Kapil Sibal

My parents are British but they emigrated to America, where I was born.

— Heather Brooke

Parents spend the first part of our lives teaching us to talk and walk and the rest telling us to shut up…

— Emily

“Parents,’ said Harry, ‘shouldn’t leave their kids unless – unless they’ve got to.”

— J.K. Rowling

I had unusual parents. We'd been to Europe. We'd been in the theater. We were sort of like the Addams Family.

— Mario Van Peebles

Humans are incredibly selfish. And in parents, flaws become hyper focused.

— Catherine Reitman

The best thing about success was being able to buy my parents a house.

— Bonnie Tyler