Parents Quotes

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside.

I'm happy to be helping people that are passionate about empowering parents for student learning.

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children.

My parents came to visit every two months and brought plenty of books.

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.

My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies.

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'

Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?

I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions.

I grew up Mormon. I wasn't really Mormon, my parents were.

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.

I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to change them anymore, and I don't think they try to change me. We agree to disagree.

My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me.

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.

The kids like to get pictures of me for their parents. They know how proud I am of them-they have a lot more to worry about than my stardom. They are trying to make good choices for their own lives, but this gives them a little fun. They are part of my family.