Parent Quotes

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. (Oscar Wilde)
I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child. View quote
Dan Quayle
If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. View quote
Bette Davis
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. View quote
Cicero
As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent. View quote
Anthony Trollope
Ignorance is the parent of fear. View quote
Herman Melville
To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. View quote
Dave Barry
The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child. View quote
Lisa See
Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims. View quote
Amos Oz
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. View quote
Henry Ward Beecher
The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considered as a physical mutation of the species. (Adam Ferguson)
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. View quote
Joseph Addison
A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease. View quote
Elizabeth Gaskell
Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Sheer necessity,the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. View quote
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee. View quote
David Frost
Had Mother Nature been a real parent, she would have been in jail for child abuse and murder. View quote
Nick Bostrom
Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. View quote
Brian Tracy
I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children. View quote
Sherman Alexie
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. (Aristotle)
Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do. View quote
Tony Blair
A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog. View quote
John Grogan
If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids. View quote
Keith Emerson
In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children. View quote
Parminder Nagra