Quotes about Parenting
Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
— Margaret Atwood
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
— Cicero
The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home.
— Susanna Wesley
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
— Billy Graham
Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.
— Andy Andrews
The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
— Oscar Wilde
There is no greater leadership challenge than parenting.
— Jim Rohn
If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up.
— Charles Spurgeon
When these parenting years have passed, something precious will have flickered and gone out of my life. Thus, I am resolved to enjoy every day that remains in this fathering era.
— James Dobson
Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears.
— Henry Cloud
It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.
— Abraham Lincoln
A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?
— Stephen Colbert