Parenting: Parenting Quotes

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"Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense"

Austin O'Malley, Physicist

Austin O'Malley

"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents"

Prince Charles, Royalty

Prince Charles

"Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?"

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judge

"My parents were overprotective because you could get kidnapped and bombs were exploding in the streets"

Mia Maestro, Actress

Mia Maestro

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

Barbara Coloroso, Author

Barbara Coloroso

"A baby is God's opinion that life should go on"

Carl Sandburg, Poet

Carl Sandburg

"He was so good with the kids on the set. He just knew exactly how to handle them. The baby would cry and Vin would hold him and do all these weird sounds and the baby would stop crying. It was really cute"

Brittany Snow, Actress

"All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them"

Magic Johnson, Athlete

Magic Johnson

"We don't do drugs, drink, or use profanity. Instead, we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance"

Anita Baker, Musician

"I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary"

Victor Borge, Musician

"Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them"

Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady

"If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are, and that's probably what they will become"

Louise Hart, Writer

"The Golden Rule of Parenting is: do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!"

Louise Hart, Writer

"One thing I think kids need to do is more chores and take care of their own rooms. Responsibilities are really important to start them with. If they have animals, they have to feed them and care for them. That's the only way I think I could do it"

Faith Ford, Actress

"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots, the other is wings"

Hodding Carter, Journalist

"Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences, which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves"

Tipper Gore, Celebrity

"I want kids to have a chance to dream of becoming something like I did in my life, and when you're living in a home that's dysfunctional and unhealthy that way, you don't dream like that"

Picabo Street, Athlete

"Parents should be the most important examples for their children"

Christy Turlington, Model

"Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness"

Charlotte Davis Kasl, Writer

"I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor, that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too"

Paul Walker, Actor

"A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to pull out on the tough days of adulthood"

Charlotte Davis Kasl, Writer

"This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face"

Marilyn Manson, Musician

"Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They're incredibly honest. They'll tell you exactly what they think"

Tim Sample, Comedian

Tim Sample

"We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by"

John Denver, Musician

"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, Actor

Liam Neeson

"It is at once the most overwhelmingly frustrating and exasperating task and the most joyous and rewarding experience to make human beings out of children"

Neil Kurshan

"I have no political ambitions for myself or my children"

Joseph P. Kennedy, Diplomat

"Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

Sigmund Freud

"It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children"

William Penn, Leader

William Penn

"Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next"

Franklin P. Jones, Journalist

Franklin P. Jones

"Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality"

George Santayana, Philosopher

George Santayana

"Children are the keys of paradise"

Eric Hoffer, Writer

Eric Hoffer

"Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet"

Bill Cosby, Comedian

Bill Cosby

"The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet"

Bill Cosby, Comedian

Bill Cosby

"Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home"

Bill Cosby, Comedian

Bill Cosby

"I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960s, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community"

Audre Lorde, Poet

Audre Lorde

"Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another"

Marilyn Monroe, Actress

Marilyn Monroe

"The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder"

Jim Morrison, Musician

Jim Morrison

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