--- title: "12 Raise Son Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Raise Son quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Raise Son sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/rupi-kaur-909_mother_i-ve-seen-you-in-my-mother-s-eyes-when-s_895929.jpg" --- > [“i've seen you in my mother's eyes when she tells me to marry the type of man i'd want to raise my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/i-ve-seen-you-in-my-mother-s-eyes-when-she-tells-me-to-marry-the-type/) [Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/rupi-kaur-909_mother_i-ve-seen-you-in-my-mother-s-eyes-when-s_895929.jpg) > [I'm a New York girl. I want to stay here and raise my son here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-krakowski/i-m-a-new-york-girl-i-want-to-stay-here-and-raise-my-son-here/) [Jane Krakowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-krakowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/jane-krakowski-21136_girl_i-m-a-new-york-girl-i-want-to-stay-here_1090766.jpg) > [If you're trying to raise a son, it gives you a chance to say things like, 'Chop your own wood; it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-rowe/if-you-re-trying-to-raise-a-son-it-gives-you-a-chance-to-say-things/) [Mike Rowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-rowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/mike-rowe-9504_chance_if-you-re-trying-to-raise-a-son-it-gives_1797696.png) > [I'm doing my best to raise my son and give him a nurturing, loving, and caring environment so he can grow up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-kerr/i-m-doing-my-best-to-raise-my-son-and-give-him-a-nurturing-loving-and/) [Miranda Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-kerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/miranda-kerr-3096_best_i-m-doing-my-best-to-raise-my-son-and-gi_576286.png) > [I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-did-not-raise-my-son-sam-to-celebrate-mother-s-day-i-didn-t-want/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/anne-lamott-188_annuals_i-did-not-raise-my-son-sam-to-celebrate_2885131.png) > [To raise a son by yourself and not having a car or not having the right income to make sure he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bam-adebayo/to-raise-a-son-by-yourself-and-not-having-a-car-or-not-having-the/) [Bam Adebayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bam-adebayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/842/bam-adebayo-10799_amazing_to-raise-a-son-by-yourself-and-not-havin_1067454.jpg) > [Really, I think the extra layer of raising a son as a gay black man comes from trying to raise a son…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karamo-brown/really-i-think-the-extra-layer-of-raising-a-son-as-a-gay-black-man/) [Karamo Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karamo-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/karamo-brown-5694_gay_really-i-think-the-extra-layer-of-raisin_469861.jpg) > [To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bakker/to-try-to-raise-a-son-from-inside-the-prison-walls-is-a-very/) [Jim Bakker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bakker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/jim-bakker-19084_difficult_to-try-to-raise-a-son-from-inside-the-pr_1743290.png) > [“No one had explained to Cameron when he was twenty years old and proud as hell that he’d managed to get his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ashley/no-one-had-explained-to-cameron-when-he-was-twenty-years-old-and/) [Jennifer Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ashley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/jennifer-ashley-2595_children_no-one-had-explained-to-cameron-when-he_3220619.jpg) > [I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arsenio-hall/i-know-i-did-the-right-thing-by-taking-time-off-to-raise-my-son-but/) [Arsenio Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arsenio-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/arsenio-hall-26470_answers_i-know-i-did-the-right-thing-by-taking-t_2275150.png) > [Me trying to kill people wasn't as bad as me tearing people down and making people cry and ripping them apart, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-arvizu/me-trying-to-kill-people-wasn-t-as-bad-as-me-tearing-people-down-and/) [Reginald Arvizu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reginald-arvizu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/reginald-arvizu-46217_cry_me-trying-to-kill-people-wasn-t-as-bad-a_568165.jpg) > [“Something that a lot of people don’t know is that I have a five-month old son. Any free time I have now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ne-yo/something-that-a-lot-of-people-don-t-know-is-that-i-have-a-five-month/) [Ne-Yo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ne-yo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/ne-yo-1329_best-friend_something-that-a-lot-of-people-don-t-kno_1203357.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/raise-son/#itemlist", "name": "Raise Son Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“i've seen you in my mother's eyes when she tells me to marry the type of man i'd want to raise my son to be like”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rupi Kaur" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/i-ve-seen-you-in-my-mother-s-eyes-when-she-tells-me-to-marry-the-type/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/rupi-kaur-909_mother_i-ve-seen-you-in-my-mother-s-eyes-when-s_895929.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/rupi-kaur-909_mother_i-ve-seen-you-in-my-mother-s-eyes-when-s_895929.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/rupi-kaur-909_mother_i-ve-seen-you-in-my-mother-s-eyes-when-s_895929.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“i've seen you in my mother's eyes when she tells me to marry the type of man i'd want to raise my son to be…” — Rupi Kaur", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a New York girl. 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Don't say anything, because the next day he doesn't get over that.\"'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Reginald Arvizu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-arvizu/me-trying-to-kill-people-wasn-t-as-bad-as-me-tearing-people-down-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/reginald-arvizu-46217_cry_me-trying-to-kill-people-wasn-t-as-bad-a_568165.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/reginald-arvizu-46217_cry_me-trying-to-kill-people-wasn-t-as-bad-a_568165.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/reginald-arvizu-46217_cry_me-trying-to-kill-people-wasn-t-as-bad-a_568165.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Me trying to kill people wasn't as bad as me tearing people down and making people cry and ripping them…” — Reginald Arvizu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Something that a lot of people don’t know is that I have a five-month old son. 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