Quotes about Parents
The most precious inheritance parents can leave their children is their own happiness. Parents' happiness is the most valuable gift they can give their children
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
— Colossians 3:20
I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately. As children, we tend to copy our parents.
— Elton John
Infant baptism when practiced can be no more than an expression of the faith and hope of the parents that their child will ultimately be saved.
— Lewis Sperry Chafer
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.
— Ambrose of Milan
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
— John 9:22
Since the desires for power and control are in every heart, you don't have to look overseas for lawless brutality. It happens every day between parents and children, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives. Where there is injustice, shame will be part of its fallout.
— Edward Welch
Esteem your friends, revere your teachers, honor your parents, regard your supporters.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.
— Gordon Hinckley
and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
— John 9:2
But some object and ask, what about the "innocent children" — if there were any left — at the time of the Flood? First they weren't innocent (Romans 3:2329). But again, the onus would be on the parents and guardians who refused to allow their evil children the possibility of survival on the ark!
— Ken Ham
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.
— Teresa of Avila