Children are the proof we've been here... they are the best thing and the most impossible thing.
Allison Pearson
God sends children to enlarge our hearts, and make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections.
Mary Howitt
Lucky parents who have fine children usually have lucky children who have fine parents.
James A. Brewer
Parents: People who spend half their time wondering how their children will turn out, and the rest of the time when they will turn in.
Eleanor Graham Vance
Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
E.W. Howe
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
O. A. Battista
The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.
Shakespeare
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
Frank A. Clark
When you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents.
Japanese Proverb
The best brought-up children are those who have seen their parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the parents' first duty.
George Bernard Shaw
Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
Anthony Powell
There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising her children. This time comes at the moment of conception. A child needs a role model, not a supermodel.
Astrid Alauda
Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Water helped ancient man learn those first lessons about the rights of others and responsibility to a larger society.... It became part of the moral and mental legacy parents passed on to their children.
M. Meyer
Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment, we have never really learned how important water is to us. We understand it, but we do not respect it.
WILLIAM ASHWORTH