Parent Quotes

4993 Parent quotes by 3126 unique authors

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite… — Orson Pratt
I was, in reality, bred by my parents as my father's concubine... What we take for granted as the stability of family life may well… — Sylvia Fraser
America of the future will be all malls connected by interstates. All because your parents no longer can their own tomatoes. — Garrison Keillor
These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists rights to free speech, which is something that… — Tipper Gore
We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy — Tom Izzo
As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was… — Elfriede Jelinek
It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with… — Joan Blades
My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn't watch what other people are doing. You must not listen to… — Richard Branson
Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Teacher, school administrators and parents will come away from Life-Enriching Education with skills in language, communication, and ways of structuring the learning environment that support… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Maturity… Is The Ability To Do Something Even Though Your Parents Have Recommended It. — Paul Watzlawick
By learning to yield to the loving authority... of his parents, a child learns to submit to other forms of authority which will confront him… — James Dobson
The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up. — James Dobson
It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists. — Phyllis Schlafly
No man ever made himself to live. No preacher, however earnest, can make one hearer to live. No parent, however prayerful, no teacher, however tearful,… — Charles Spurgeon
What is a child, but a piece of the parent enrapt up in another skin? And yet our dearest children are but as strangers to… — John Flavel
What a mercy was it to us to have parents that prayed for us before they had us, as well as in our infancy when… — John Flavel
People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them, but who also therefore had to solve their own problems… — Alice Miller
Child abuse is still sanctioned — indeed, held in high regard — in our society as long as it is defined as child-rearing. It is… — Alice Miller
I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children. — Mark Udall
There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil — Dennis Prager
I do think that the badmouthing and alienating of a child from a parent is one of the few unforgivable sins. I do think those… — Dennis Prager
My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident. — Brad Meltzer
There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever… — Richard Branson
My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art… — Carlos Slim

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