Parental Quotes

127 Parental quotes by 116 unique authors

Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom. It is the willingness to differentiate, to move from the protecting… — Rollo May
The last step in parental love involves the release of the beloved; the willing cutting of the cord that would otherwise keep the child in… — Lewis Mumford
So much does the moral health depend upon the moral atmosphere that is breathed, and so great is the influence daily exercised by parents over… — Samuel Smiles
A new species develops if a population which has become geographically isolated from its parental species acquires during this period of isolation characters which promote… — Ernst Mayr
As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt… — LZ Granderson
Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross… — Clare Balding
When I was mayor of New York, my views changed. I began as mayor of New York City thinking that I could reform the New… — Rudy Giuliani
One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. Child rearing is so individualistic. Every child is different and unique. What works… — James E. Faust
In an age that is sometimes nowadays frightening or confusing, we feel reassured by the almost parental-like authority of experts who tell us so clearly… — Noreena Hertz
Parental child abduction is child abuse. — Chris Smith
Middle-class mothers and fathers turned out to be a very well-defined consumer group, easily gulled into buying almost anything that might remedy their parental deficiencies. — Jill Lepore
I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe we must protect… — Michael Baumgartner
For some small number of people, a parental loss appears to be, ultimately, a desirable difficulty - again, not a large number. — Malcolm Gladwell
Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us… — Nancy Gibbs
We need to stop the erosion of parental authority. — Sonny Landham
My theory is that one needs to be loved completely, unconditionally, and unfettered by parental disapproval, if one is to get happily through life which,… — Arabella Weir
My characters are often without a significant parental figure. — Jamie Bell
If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support… — Ivan Lendl
Some people are just self-motivated - my husband was. I also believe there are many children for whom parental involvement is key. — Amy Chua
Virtual Piggy was created to provide a safe way for kids to shop online with parental approval, in recognition of growing digital world kids live… — Jo Webber
To see your spouse in a parental role is one of the most incredible things. — Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Today's family is built like a pyramid; with all the intrafamilial rivalries, tensions, jealousies, angers, hatreds, loves and needs focused on the untrained, vulnerable, insecure,… — Unknown Author
[PARENTAL] [FUCKING] [ADVISORY] — Matthew
Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family's financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental… — Augustus Y. Napier
Many people marry for the wrong reasons, among them 1) To overcome loneliness. 2) To escape an unhappy parental home. 3) Because they think that… — Unknown Author

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