Parents Quotes

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
Oscar Wilde

Time, Judge, Children

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
Billy Graham

Respect, True, Child

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Maya Angelou

Beauty, Time, Strength

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
Henry Rollins

Yourself, Friends, Oneself

There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.
Ted Nugent

Today, Bad, Children

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

Love, Become, Parent

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

Else, Anyone, Heroes

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Anne Frank

Good, Character, Person

How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Anne Frank

Good, Character, True

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
Benjamin Franklin

Security, Distrust, Caution

The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
Jim Morrison

Person, Relatives, Force

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
Yogi Berra

Good, Baseball, Off

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Plato

Children, Spirit, Riches

How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.
Michael Jordan

Done, Times, Next

Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.
Bill Cosby

Peace, Justice, Quiet

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
Leo Buscaglia

Time, Learning, Play

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.
Michael Jackson

Love, Money, Power

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
Virginia Satir

Sad, Child, Word

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
Pope John Paul II

Family, Children, Special

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.
Steve Jobs

Life, Medical, May

Parents are people who yell and they yell and they yell and they yell. And you already have the point... and they're still yelling.
Bill Cosby

Point, Yelling, Yell

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.
Bill Cosby

Truth, Justice, Quiet

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
P. J. O'Rourke

May, Difficult, Discipline

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
Barack Obama

Love, Success, Faith

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.
Tim Allen

Friendship, Humor, Best

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.
Walt Disney

Family, Children, Together

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
Kobe Bryant

Group, Support, Backbone

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.
Erma Bombeck

Children, Written, Admit

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
Phyllis Diller

Home, Children, Away

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
H. L. Mencken

School, Sunday, Children

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