Parent Quotes - Page 127

Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute in the highest degree to their parents' welfare.

Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.

In a family, parents, grandparents and children feel at home; no one is excluded. If someone has a problem, even a serious one, even if he brought it upon himself, the rest of the family comes to his assistance; they support him. ... Should the same not happen in society?

More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.

Especially with our first child, we tend to take too much responsibility--both credit and blame--for everything. The more we wantto be good parents, the more we tend to see ourselves as making or breaking our children.

The transition into adulthood is so exciting and remarkable to witness as parent.

Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.

I don't know if I was funny as a child, though I always thought my parents really enjoyed listening to me sing.

My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.

In February of 1996, about six months after I created eBay, I started receiving a spate of complaints. Everyone was complaining about each other. I felt very much like I was a parent who had to adjudicate the brothers beating each other up.

You rebel against your parents until you become them. One day you look in the mirror and you see your father's face.

Meek-eyed parents hasten down the ramps To greet their offspring, terrible from camps.

there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person.

It seems whether we have a tendency towards being flexible or structured affects how we create, how we parent, how we work.

The mealy look of men today is the result of momism and so is the pinched and baffled fury in the eyes of womankind.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.

The legend engraved on the face of the Jewish nickel- on the body of every Jewish child!- not IN GOD WE TRUST, but SOMEDAY YOU'LL BE A PARENT AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.

Everyone, from the Mother Superior to the priests to my parents--they were so upset and reproachful...I felt as if something they all passionately believed in depended on me carrying on with something I didn't.

My parents, and their interest in making the world a better place for more people inspired me.

Most people who are rich chose their parents wisely.

Kids in America today are overweight and lazy, and it's their parents fault for letting it happen.

My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum doing the majority of the housework. We didn't have nannies. I wasn't brought up in any sort of extravagant way.

My grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them.

My parents are actually very hip. They're way hipper than me.