Parenting Quotes - Page 2

• Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Marriage, Home

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• What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Inspire, Parenthood

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jun 21, 2011

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• The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

  Harry S. Truman

  Funny, Leadership, Witty

  Television interview by Edward R. Murrow, CBS, 27 May 1955

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  I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

  Whitney Houston

  Beauty, Children, Believe

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• Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig”, p.124, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

  Clarence Budington Kelland

  Life, Fathers Day, Children

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• A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions.

  Richard L. Evans

  Children, Littles, Parenthood

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• Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

  Gary Smalley

  Mom, Dad, Children

  Gary Smalley, John T. Trent (1995). “Leaving the Light On: Building the Memories That Will Draw Kids Home”, Multnomah

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• The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

  Peter De Vries

  Inspirational, Marriage, Children

  Tunnel of Love (1954) ch. 8

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• Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.

  T. Berry Brazelton

  Mistake, Caring, Care

  T. BERRY BRAZELTON, M.D. (1992). “TOUCHPOINTS THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE”

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• Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.

  Khalil Gibran

  Wisdom, Daughter, Dream

  Prophet (1923) "On Children"

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• We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  "Royal Truths, etc".

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• Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.

  Andy Andrews

  Children, Kids, Greatness

  Twitter post from Feb 10, 2016

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  If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?

  Milton Berle

  Funny, Mothers Day, Hilarious

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• The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

  Fred Astaire

  Inspirational, Jobs, Athlete

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Maria Montessori

  Family, Children, Childhood

  Attributed in "Words of Wisdom" edited by William Safire and ‎Leonard Safir, (p. 58), 1990.

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• If your child has a weakness, teach them how to turn it into a strength! The only Failure is not trying.

  Kevin Heath

  Children, Trying, Weakness

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• You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

  Franklin P. Adams

  Patience, Baby, Funny Inspirational

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• Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Women

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Nov 29, 2014

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• Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.

  John Wilmot

  Funny, Leadership, Children

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• Children learn to smile from their parents.

  Shinichi Suzuki

  Smile, Children, Father

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  Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

  Benjamin Spock

  Positive, Family, Trust

  The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care ch. 1 (1946)

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• Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

  Sam Levenson

  Funny, Mothers Day, Hilarious

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• What's a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.

  Ben Stein

  Inspirational, Home, Son

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• To me parenting is all about trust. If you don't live by your words or actions how do you expect your kids to listen to you?

  Kevin Heath

  Kids, Action, Live By

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