Parents Quotes

There are no illegitimate children - only illegitimate parents.
Leon R. Yankwich

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

The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.

Adolescence is perhaps nature's way of preparing parents to welcome the empty nest.
Karen Savage and Patricia Adams

The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.
King Edward VIII

Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.
Elain Heffner

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same.
Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
Haim Ginott

My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.
Cathy Ladman

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes

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

Many parents are finding out that a pat on the back helps develop character - if given often enough, early enough, and low enough

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

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

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

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.







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