Top parenting Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of parenting quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Frederick Douglass
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
- Frederick Douglass
Collection: Parenting
Image of Franklin P. Jones
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
- Franklin P. Jones
Collection: Parenting
Image of Frank A. Clark
A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
- Frank A. Clark
Collection: Parenting
Image of Jackie Kennedy
If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
- Jackie Kennedy
Collection: Parenting
Image of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Collection: Parenting
Image of Robert Fulghum
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
- Robert Fulghum
Collection: Parenting
Image of Billy Graham
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
- Billy Graham
Collection: Parenting
Image of Jane D. Hull
At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.
- Jane D. Hull
Collection: Parenting
Image of Charles R. Swindoll
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
- Charles R. Swindoll
Collection: Parenting
Image of Sigmund Freud
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
- Sigmund Freud
Collection: Parenting
Image of Helen Hayes
Childhood is a short season.
- Helen Hayes
Collection: Parenting
Image of Carl Jung
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
- Carl Jung
Collection: Parenting
Image of Ron Taffel
Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride.
- Ron Taffel
Collection: Parenting
Image of Peter Ustinov
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
- Peter Ustinov
Collection: Parenting
Image of Henry Ward Beecher
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Collection: Parenting
Image of Plato
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
- Plato
Collection: Parenting
Image of Garrison Keillor
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
- Garrison Keillor
Collection: Parenting
Image of Virginia Satir
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
- Virginia Satir
Collection: Parenting
Image of H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Collection: Parenting
Image of Ben Stein
Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.
- Ben Stein
Collection: Parenting
Image of Beverly Cleary
I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.
- Beverly Cleary
Collection: Parenting
Image of Anthony Edwards
There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.
- Anthony Edwards
Collection: Parenting
Image of John F. Kennedy
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
- John F. Kennedy
Collection: Parenting
Image of Gena Lee Nolin
My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.
- Gena Lee Nolin
Collection: Parenting
Image of Anna Quindlen
Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.
- Anna Quindlen
Collection: Parenting
Image of Matthew Broderick
Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.
- Matthew Broderick
Collection: Parenting
Image of Taylor Hanson
Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
- Taylor Hanson
Collection: Parenting
Image of P. J. O'Rourke
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
- P. J. O'Rourke
Collection: Parenting
Image of Todd Tiahrt
The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.
- Todd Tiahrt
Collection: Parenting
Image of Liam Neeson
Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.
- Liam Neeson
Collection: Parenting
Image of Rose Kennedy
When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it's a tremendous responsibility. What you do with him can influence not only him, but everyone he meets and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity.
- Rose Kennedy
Collection: Parenting
Image of Laura Schlessinger
Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.
- Laura Schlessinger
Collection: Parenting
Image of Martin Mull
Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
- Martin Mull
Collection: Parenting
Image of Erma Bombeck
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.
- Erma Bombeck
Collection: Parenting
Image of Ogden Nash
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
- Ogden Nash
Collection: Parenting
Image of Ellen Key
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
- Ellen Key
Collection: Parenting
Image of Robert Evans
When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.
- Robert Evans
Collection: Parenting
Image of Alvin Toffler
Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.
- Alvin Toffler
Collection: Parenting
Image of Phyllis Diller
Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
- Phyllis Diller
Collection: Parenting
Image of Reese Witherspoon
I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.
- Reese Witherspoon
Collection: Parenting
Image of Miriam Makeba
Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.
- Miriam Makeba
Collection: Parenting
Image of Tina Turner
I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.
- Tina Turner
Collection: Parenting
Image of James E. Faust
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.
- James E. Faust
Collection: Parenting
Image of James Dobson
Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.
- James Dobson
Collection: Parenting
Image of Roseanne Barr
As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.
- Roseanne Barr
Collection: Parenting
Image of Doug Larson
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.
- Doug Larson
Collection: Parenting
Image of George Bernard Shaw
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
- George Bernard Shaw
Collection: Parenting
Image of Robert Orben
Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.
- Robert Orben
Collection: Parenting
Image of Rita Rudner
I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.
- Rita Rudner
Collection: Parenting
Image of Dale Archer
Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.
- Dale Archer
Collection: Parenting