Parent Quotes

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If all the animals and man had been evolved in this ascendant manner, then there had been no first parents, no Eden, and no Fall.… — H.G. Wells
The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving their heritage to… — Rajneesh
This is a very fundamental reason why man cannot become meditative - or why very few men have dared to become meditative. Our training is… — Rajneesh
If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our… — Hosea Ballou
I thank thee, Mother Nature, that thou hast put ingenuity enough in the brain of a child, when attacked by a brutal parent, to throw… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Would there not be the greatest reason to apprehend, that error in the first sentence would be the parent of error in the second sentence?… — Alexander Hamilton
Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That… — Gil Hodges
If you're unlucky enough not to have alcoholic parents, it takes you a whole lifetime of intoxication to overcome the dead weight of their virtues. — Emile M. Cioran
My plea to educators and parents is that they should give some thought to the nature of the brain of a child, for the brain… — Wilder Penfield
Writer Somerset Maugham, after his parents deaths, spent a few stultifying years in his uncle's vicarage. Later, in his teens at a boarding-school, having lost… — Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children's emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longer tolerate children… — Stanley Greenspan
They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and… — Pat Derby
Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent. — Jim Gaffigan
Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn't handle the travel. I'm a single parent. I had young kids,… — Rick Moranis
I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard. — James Worthy
A man's worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he teaches… — Unknown Author
The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. — Mell Lazarus
Waiting upon the Lord gives us a priceless opportunity to discover that there are many who wait upon us. Our children wait upon us to… — Robert D. Hales
I want to ask parents, when daughters turn 11 or 14, they keep a tab on their movements. Have these parents ever asked their sons… — Narendra Modi
My mom made me think I was gorgeous. When I was younger she was like, 'Look at you! You're an angel. You sparkle!' And I… — Amy Schumer

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