Army Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked hard every…

— Barack Obama

“My wife, Rohini, visits a lot of government schools as part of her NGO reach-out. One of the questions she most likes to ask…

— Nandan Nilkani

You read a bunch of books and you get a bunch of how-tos, and you take a bunch of classes and you learn a…

— Alison Gopnik

We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could rise to…

— Diana DeGette

“Much of life, fatherhood included, is the story of knowledge acquired too late: if only I’d known then what I know now, how much…

— Ben Fountain

My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing.

— Sarah Shahi

Parents are, of course, most important in shaping their children's lives, but teachers are critically important as well. Who among us doesn't look back…

— Whitney Tilson

Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

— Irene Rosenfeld

Children who know that they have something to offer others will learn that they can shape the world around them for the better.

— Eric Greitens

“But I think parents aren't teachers anymore. Parents -- or a whole lot of us, at least -- lead by mouth instead of by…

— Robert R. McCammon

What our children are missing today are good role models.

— Cafu

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was…

— Dick Gephardt