Parents And Grandparents Quotes - Page 3

• To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Birthday, Hope, Heart

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1907). “Ponkapog papers, A sea turn, and other matters”

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• Her grandmother, as she gets older, is not fading but rather becoming more concentrated.

  Paulette Alden

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa

  Paulette Bates Alden (1988). “Feeding the Eagles: Short Stories”

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• Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.

  J. Norman Collie

  Grandmother, Men, Grandchildren

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• Two things I dislike about my granddaughter - when she won't take her afternoon nap, and when she won't let me take mine.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Naps

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

  Ralph Ellison

  Grandmother, Grandparent, African American

  Ralph Ellison (2010). “Invisible Man”, p.40, Vintage

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• Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Destiny, Blood, Long

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• Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Maturity, Long, Grandparent

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.72

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• My Grandmother would say, 'Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I've taught you to be.'

  Jamie Foxx

  Grandmother, Grandparent, Southern

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• To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.

  Robert Breault

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Grandpa

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• If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.

  Regina Brett

  Grandparent, Lucky, Cherish

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• Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.

  Joseph Joubert

  Country, Travel, Age

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• You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

  Chief Seattle

  Mother, Respect, Children

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one. There is no fun for old people like it!

  Hannah Whitall Smith

  Fun, Grandma, Grandmother

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• If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.

  Lois Wyse

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandchildren

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• I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Self

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.

  Gene Perret

  Grandchildren, Grandparent, People

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.

  Gene Perret

  Children, Grandmother, Grandparent

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Grandparent

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• My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.

  Gene Perret

  Grandma, Believe, Grandmother

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• An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Grandparent

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• Leaders inspire us because they bring out the best in us.

  Umair Haque

  Grandchildren, Grandpa, Leader

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• What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.

  Gene Perret

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandchildren

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• Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Grandparent

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel.

  Gene Perret

  Basketball, Mean, Grandmother

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• The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.

  Doug Larson

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Ideas

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