Wise Parents Quotes

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Henry Ward Beecher

Love, Daughter, Children

Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Honore de Balzac

Family, Mothers Day, Mom

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

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A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Elizabeth Gaskell

Love, Wise, Independent

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The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

Frank A. Clark

Children, Parenting, Important

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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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Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be

David Bly

Family, Inspiring, Success

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

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Relationship

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.83, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Motivational, Happy Birthday

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Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Jesse Jackson

Inspirational, Birthday, Family

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

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Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Robert Fulghum

Marriage, Mother, Children

"Reflections for Tending the Sacred Garden". Book by Bonita Jean Zimmer (p. 182), April 2003.

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Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation

C. Everett Koop

Love, Teacher, Children

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

Maya Angelou

Strength, Educational, Teaching

Twitter post from Jul 13, 2016

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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

Haim Ginott

Children, Nice, Self Esteem

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If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.

Diana Loomans

Running, Stars, Children

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In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

Ann Landers

Inspirational, Children, Taught

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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Abigail Van Buren

Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Robert A. Heinlein

Life, Education, Children

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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Family, Good Night, Baby

"Fictional character: Jennifer Jareau". "Criminal Minds" ("Boxed In", Season 10, Episode 5), October 29, 2014.

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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

Josh Billings

Family, Children, Dad

Josh Billings (1953). “Uncle Sam&s uncle Josh”

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In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Strength, Beauty

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou”, p.9, Hachette UK

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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Jesse Jackson

Family, Children, Parenting

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Think long and hard about the way you invest your children's time. Time is treasure. And where your time investment is, there you will find the heart of a child. Invest the majority of his time in entertainment, and his heart will be turned to love of pleasure. Invest his time in peers rather then family, and his heart will be with the peers more than his family. There is a time and place for all good things in balance, but wise parents will steward the treasure of time, and in so doing, shepherd their children's hearts.

Doug Phillips

Wise, Children, Heart

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Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally.

Leonard Roy Frank

Wise, Parent, Criticism

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