Parents Quotes · Page 71

Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do…

— Ann Jillian

I think, a lot of times as women, we feel pressure from our parents, our friends: we see our friends get married.

— LeToya Luckett

Every day I saw, always, how my parents worked so hard to give us the best opportunities and the best life possible.

— Brandon Moreno

That which parents should take care of... is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.

— John Locke

God gave them life and they gave me life. That are my parents.

— Simphiwe Scientist Dumi

My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway.

— Idina Menzel

Love your parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.

— Anonymous

When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.

— David Sheff

I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding…

— Allison Williams

I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave…

— Walter Dean Myers

There was no entertainment industry at all in Spokane, Washington, where I was raised. When I was 12, this movie came to…

— Sydney Sweeney

My ten-year-old daughter loves gifts. She loves to give them and she loves to get them. She loves to give them when…

— Tom Junod

I grew up in London. My parents and I lived in West Norwood, then we moved to Norbury, and I went to…

— Ashley Madekwe

I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me…

— John Tesh

For many parents - myself included - I would be extremely happy for my children to grow up finding that their LGBT…

— Andrea Leadsom

“Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, and kids with behaviour challenges and their parents are cited as…

— Ross W. Greene

“Children must learn obedience, and parents must exact obedience from them. Love your children, let them know that you love them; but…

— N. Eldon Tanner

I meet people from really grand backgrounds who had horrible parents who took no interest in them, whereas I'm a working-class boy…

— Jools Holland

I'm used to riding horses. My father used to breed horses when I was a child. I grew up in Tipperary, in…

— Kerry Condon

My husband and I grew up with parents who supported our passion, and we're grateful to them for that. It really helps…

— Idina Menzel

Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or…

— Sal Albanese

It is one of those weird social things. Even as parents we say, oh, don't be sad. You know, come here, we'll…

— Pete Docter

You have to be really, really confident in your decision to marry somebody. I don't think my parents were stupid, but I…

— Cassadee Pope

“How old were you when you first realized that your parents were human? That they were not omnipotent, that what they said…

— Eleanor Brown

My relationship with my parents is among the greatest gifts of my life.

— Christopher Castellani

The Lord, Har, Har, has ordained that the soul is to stay in her parents' home for only a few short days.

— Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Today, Parents worry about what their sons download and what their daughters upload on the internet.

— Abhishek Tiwari

I don't have a flat anywhere. I'm registered in the U.K. for tax purposes, I suppose, and my mail goes to my…

— Benjamin Clementine

I don't want to make any mistakes. My parents have been married for 40 years. I want to stay married.

— Ian Ziering

Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children.

— Iyanla Vanzant

Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself.

— Anonymous

I come from Chicago and am a child of Irish Catholic parents who were able to wield guilt like a Ginsu knife.

— Brendan Hunt

“How different my life would have been if my parents had just let me dance.”

— Nnedi Okorafor

I'm just glad my parents are laid back cause some kids have the strictest parents.

— Anonymous

My parents didn't care very much what I did, and that was probably a blessing.

— Mary Oliver

Parents were never right about anything --- until I became a parent

— Rebecca Smith

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."

— Paul Tillich

My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade.

— Sanford I. Weill

We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory.

— Jeffrey Hunter

Don't let your parents telling you that you shouldn't do something stop you from doing it.

— KT Tunstall