Own Children Quotes

110 quotes by 96 authors

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my… — Mary J. Blige
I hope my own children never have to fight a war. — George H. W. Bush
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. — Miguel de Cervantes
More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is… — Jonathan Kozol
When I noticed how my own children were effortlessly able to use all this sophisticated technology, at first I thought, 'My children are prodigies!' But… — Don Tapscott
Finance, like time, devours its own children. — Honore de Balzac
With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same. — Kevin Whately
Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties. The first and most natural… — Charles Spurgeon
In a recent attack ad, the NRA claims that President Obama cares about his own children more than he cares about other children. In response,… — Jimmy Fallon
Recapitulation provided a convenient focus for the persuasive racism of white scientists; they looked to the activities of their own children for comparison with normal… — Stephen Jay Gould
Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children's children. They can delight and play with them and even indulge them in… — Alvin Francis Poussaint
Make sure your son and daughter understands they don't get to decide when or where they go to war. It is rich, predominantly white men… — Tomas Young
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. — Miguel de Cervantes
You know that you are a teacher when you spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children. — Jeff Foxworthy
I never want to produce anything that a family could not enjoy together. I never want to create art that would embarrass my own children… — Clay Aiken
One of the greatest challenges I've faced as a mother-especially in these anxious, winner-takes-all times-is the need to resist the urge to accept someone else's… — Katrina Kenison
Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own… — Keith Emerson
I could learn photography. That could be something to want. I could photograph children. I could have my own children. I would give them yellow… — Gia Carangi
For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a fortune value their… — Plato

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