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Quotes about Parenting

Men are what their mothers made them.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Unlike concerned parents who may be tempted to isolate their children from the harsh realities of this world, Jesus does not ask that we be removed.
— Neil Anderson
I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.
— Denzel Washington
For parents, the days are long but the years are short.
— Travis Thrasher
There is one thing sadder than to see one's children die; it is to see them leading an evil life.
— Victor Hugo
Having an immense reserve fund of wrath to get rid of, and not knowing what to do with it, he continued to address his daughter as you instead of thou for the next three months.
— Victor Hugo
The most ferocious creatures are disarmed by caresses bestowed on their young.
— Victor Hugo
The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young
— Victor Hugo
Nothing trains children to silence like unhappiness.
— Victor Hugo
Excess of love, did ye say? There was no excess, there was defect. She loved her son too little, not too much. If she had loved him more there'd be no difficulty.
— CS Lewis
I can encourage my daughter to love her body, but what really matters are the observations she makes about my relationship with my own body.
— Brene Brown
You can't decide to value your child sometimes, and then put a game of Farmville, or golf, or a scrapbooking session before kids on other days. Values are non-negotiable like that.
— Brian Tracy