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For my parents, leaving the close social quarters of Abilene was like getting out of jail. They were not true West Texans; they had not come to love the unending monotony of mesquite barrens or the high, hot blue sky that made sunsets a matter of prayerful thankfulness.
- Lawrence Wright
I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
- Oprah Winfrey
My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.
- Edward Brooke
You parents can provide no better gift for your children than an education in the liberal arts. House and home burn down, but an education is easy to carry along.
- Martin Luther
I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters - a family, a home and a good name.
- Mike Pence
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
All the girls feared their Father less than they did their Mother, because she sometimes remembered things and he did not. Lord Brightlingsea was swept through life on a steady amnesiac flow.
- Edith Wharton
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
When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.
- Joe Biden
My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.
- Rita Ora
Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child's own parents and family; respect for the symbols of faith and the patriotic beliefs of others; respect for law and order; respect for the property of others; respect for authority.
- James Faust
Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you
- Winston Churchill