Parent Quotes

4993 quotes by 3126 authors

Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons are used in… — Pope John Paul II
Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and… — Barack Obama
Civil society rests on moral relationships. They are covenantal rather than contractual. They are brought about not by governments but by us a husbands and… — Jonathan Sacks
I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. — Tina Fey
But everybody is afraid of death; that too is contagious. Your parents are afraid of death, your neighbors are afraid of death. Small children start… — Rajneesh
Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise. — Wes Fesler
Better a loving single-parent family than a 'conventional' family where the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue. — Unknown Author
I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered lives and… — Jack Kerouac
Believing that your parents are always right. — Paulo Coelho
To use what has a boundary to pursue what is limitless is dangerous; with this knowledge, if we still go after knowledge, we will run… — Zhuangzi
I feel very strongly that I am under the influence of things or questions which were left incomplete and unanswered by my parents and grandparents… — Carl Jung
All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to… — John Woolman
You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't want them to… — Alfie Kohn
The empty nest is underrated. — Nora Ephron
I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good one. — Elizabeth Wurtzel
A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters. — Mignon McLaughlin
Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of desire to marry on both, nothing stands in the way… — Cyril Connolly
I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is… — Bertrand Russell
Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their… — John Ruskin
The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them - thus preserving the system. — Quentin Tarantino

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