Parenting Quotes

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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you,… — Khalil Gibran
When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his… — Albert Einstein
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.' — Sydney J. Harris
Our vision is more obstructed by what we think we know than by our lack of knowledge. — Krister Stendahl
The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true. — Carl Sagan
Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily. — Dan Savage
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life. — Muriel Spark
I loved my own Grandparents with all my heart. I learned important lessons from them about how to treat people, how to cook and how… — Paula Deen
You have to put your own oxygen mask before you put on others... It's a good metaphor for parenting — Amanda Peet
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future. — Maria Montessori
When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love… — Saint John Chrysostom
OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children. — Bil Keane
Gay parenting is a rejection of God's law engraved in our hearts — Pope Francis
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls,… — Khalil Gibran
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today. — Thomas Gray
Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision. — Denis Waitley
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses. — Ellen Key
A good parent gives their child roots and wings. — Jonas Salk
I figure if the kids are alive at the end of the day, I've done my job. — Roseanne Barr

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