Parent Quotes

4993 quotes by 3126 authors

If youâ€™re a parent in 2013, you have to get your hands on this book. Wise, engrossing, and so real that I fear Senior has… — Curtis Sittenfeld
The child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot. — Meg Wolitzer
When you are sixteen you do not know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's in their hearts.… — Richard Ford
If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully. — Dick Clark
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we… — Howard Lyman
Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As children, we wanted… — Robert Greene
A happy childhood is one of the best gifts that parents have in their power to bestow. — Mary Cholmondeley
An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability to be accurately… — Carl Rogers
When I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated this way: when… — Mencius
Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your… — James E. Faust
I am not asking anyone to take the fun out of childhood. As we all know, treats are one of the best parts of being… — Michelle Obama
We as parents are our children's first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health. ...We can't lie… — Michelle Obama
Man is born an asocial and antisocial being. The newborn child is a savage. Egoism is his nature. Only the experience of life and the… — Ludwig von Mises
Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had… — Goran Ivanisevic
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent,… — Samuel Morse
I was relaxing in my parents' swimming pool with my brotherI asked him how the engineering business was going, and he reciprocated: 'How's the ministry… — Brian D. McLaren
I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another,… — Ian Botham
Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and… — Pope Paul VI
My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma — Franz Boas
In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents,… — Gregory Bateson

Who Wrote These Parent Quotes

3,126 authors contributed a total of 4,993 Parent Quotes, led by these top contributors: