Top 1200 Parent Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

A parent's best intentions are no substitute for attention.

Being a parent is very important to me.

A parent, unlike a poet, is not born - he is made.

The way that you parent, you ease into every stage.

Anybody who thinks they're the perfect parent is a fool.

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.

Of course, when you're a parent, you can never really be sick.

I am doing everything I can to be a great parent.

You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.

Noah is the battle of justice versus mercy. In Genesis it says that Noah was righteous in his times. You think you sort of know what righteous means, you know, if you listen to a lot of Bob Marley. According to all the biblical scholars we talked to, righteousness is the proper balance of justice and mercy. If you think of that, as a parent, you know that if you have too much justice and you're too strict, you destroy a child. If you have too much mercy, as a parent, you destroy a child as well. A big part of this movie is Noah finding mercy for man.

It takes a lot to become a foster parent.

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

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

To lead or to parent means not being liked sometimes.

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

The suspicious parent makes an artful child.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

It's a different kind of grief when you lose a parent.

Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse.

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.

Every parent is a teacher... But not all parents teach.

If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt - or foster.

Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

organization is the religion of the single parent.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

When you become a parent, you start loving diapers.

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.

If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent.

When a parent has two children, it is difficult to pick one favourite.

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

I was one of six kids in a single-parent household.

We are not naughty children, and the state is not our parent.

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

As a mum, the last thing you need is to be parent-shamed.

Losing your parent is unlike anything.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.

They're my instructors, and every parent will understand that.

I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent.

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

A good parent gives their child roots and wings.

I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working.

Nobody wants to be a bad parent.

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.

My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent.

It's not easy to be a good or wise parent. You do the best you can.

Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence.

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

It's a great relief that you're not as bad a parent as you thought you were.

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!

When a parent loses a child, there is no greater pain.

Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.

The transition into adulthood is so exciting and remarkable to witness as parent.

Snooki is going to be a fun parent.

Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.

I think it teaches you humility and love being a parent.

Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.

There is nothing more dangerous than a lazy parent.