Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old parenting quotes, parenting sayings, and parenting proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch.Karen Maezen Miller
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I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.Sandra Steingraber
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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 handsAnne Frank
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Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes to drain it dry.Alvin Price
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Encourage & support your kids because 'Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.Lady Bird Johnson
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When you give a little of yourself to a child, you give a little of yourself to their future!Kevin Heath
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We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves.Henry Ward Beecher
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If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him supportOsho
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Parenthood...It's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.Peter Krause
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.Barbara Kingsolver
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There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.Joni Eareckson Tada
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I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.Joe Hill
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Parenthood is the opiate of the masses.Chuck Palahniuk
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If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up.Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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The danger of motherhood. you relive your early self, through the eyes of your mother.Joyce Carol Oates
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It's our children who teach us how to be parents.Susie Morgenstern
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There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.Sue Atkins
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Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation.Lydia H. Sigourney
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Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.Elbert Hubbard
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.Plato
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Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.George Bernard Shaw
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The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without themFrank A. Clark
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Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him.Dr. Henker
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Praise your children openly, reprehend them secretly.W. Cecil
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Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to beDavid Bly
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Kids are like a mirror, what they see and hear they do. Be a good reflection for them.K. Heath
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The rules for parents are but three...love, limit, and let them be.Elaine M. Ward
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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
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Love is giving your kids your undivided attention and timeKevin Heath
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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