Parent Quotes

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.

Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.

In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.

If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate . . . Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better.

The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home.

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

If we value our children, we must cherish their parents

You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Learning without thinking is useless, but thinking without learning is very dangerous!

Every day, every hour, the parents are either passively or actively forming those habits in their children upon which, more than upon anything else, future character and conduct depend.

Parents test our patience more than anyone else...Being around them keeps you in check...that's what keeps you humbled.

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents.

When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault. When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?

The greatest maxim of all is that children should be brought up as simply and in as domestic a way as possible, and that (not interfering with their lessons) they should be as much as possible with their parents, and learn to place the greatest confidence in them in all things.