Parent Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

Here is a collection of parent quotes and sayings from various authors, celebrities, famous persons, and other sources compiled by allinspiration.com for you to read and enjoy.

“Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.”
– Alan Watts

“My parents offered me the idea of ceilinglessness. There was no limit in terms of what was possible; no messages sent to me to say that I couldn’t do anything.”
– Alanis Morissette

“Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one’s parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.”
– Alice Miller

“All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.”
– Anna Quindlen

“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

“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

“My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way.”
– Anne Lamott

“In this country, it doesn’t make any difference where you were born. It doesn’t make any difference who your parents were. It doesn’t make any difference if, like me, you couldn’t even speak English until you were in your twenties.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”
– Arthur Conan Doyle

“Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us?”
– Augustus Hare

“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

“Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.”
– Barbara Bush

“I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.”
– Barbara Bush

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”
– Benjamin Franklin

“Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that’s where it’s really at.”
– Bill Ayers

“Parents are not interested in justice, they’re interested in peace and quiet.”
– Bill Cosby

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

“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

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

“My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.”
– Brigitte Bardot

“I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.”
– Cat Stevens

“We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.”
– Cesar Chavez

“Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.”
– Christy Turlington

“The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.”
– Clarence Darrow

“Like it or not children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents all over America – as many as 10 million children. And it does nothing to make their lives more stable and secure to attack their families, to attack their parents to prevent us from marrying each other.”
– Dan Savage

“My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.”
– Daniel Radcliffe

“I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.”
– Dave Barry

“My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.”
– David Beckham

“It’s odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. You’ll have a nice time, then two years later you’ll be like, ‘There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg?’”
– David Sedaris

“After a few months in my parents’ basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.”
– David Sedaris

“Children who cling to parents or who don’t want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.”
– Dirk Benedict

“The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.”
– Doug Coupland

“You can’t live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn’t do for you. You’re dealt the cards that you’re dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.”
– Drew Barrymore

“When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.”
– Ellen DeGeneres

“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

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