Quotes and Sayings about Parents

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

Anything I've done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

I don't care what color the parents are. I don't care if it's a giraffe and a fish living together. If they're raising children who believe they're honored and loved, that's all that's important.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Parents are but a child's first connection. Even though we don't want to be seperated, there will come the day when you must walk your own path.

I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's.

Being a father is the single greatest feeling on earth. Not including those wonderful years I spent without a child, of course.

The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

On the average, older parents are more flexible, tolerant, understanding, and happy in child care.

Having children showed me a whole different kind of love that I had never known. It was something that had always been missing. Complete love. I would die for them.

There's no vacation from being a parent.

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline.

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

It is important for children to understand that some of the disappointment their parents feel for them is often really the parents' disappointment in their own lives.

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth.

You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can.

The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.

Juggling work and parental responsibilities is no easy task, but I'm trying my best and just like everything else there are good days and there are bad days.

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

Children learn to smile from their parents.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

If you hate your parents, the man, or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really hate your parents, out earn them, out live them and know more than they do.

A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

A little son is an angel whose wings are shrinking the more his feet grow.

Dear Boys, be the type of guy you want your daughter to be with.

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

A mother's love is the ultimate comfort.

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms, when his hands are empty.

When love is deep, much can be accomplished.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see. But you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.

When I was a little girl I remember thinking men were these beautiful creatures created to love an protect the women of this world. Turns out I was wrong. I just had an amazing father.