Part Of Being A Parent Quotes

#1. A very painful part of being a parent is having really negative feelings about your children when you love them so much.

Louis C.K.

#2. I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

Stephen King

#3. I think part of being a parent, to love one's child, is to accept them as they come - not to see them as instruments of our ambition or as creatures to be molded, as if they were themselves commodities.

Michael Sandel

#4. I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

Cheryl Ladd

#5. A large part of being a parent is a constant near certainty that you are screwing it up, and it is comforting to be able to spread the blame around.

Cody McFadyen

#6. A book isn't rigorous if students aren't reading it.

Penny Kittle

#7. If the Almighty chose to establish his religion by miracles, he chooses to carry it on by means.

Hannah More

#8. Self-parody is the first portent of age.

Larry McMurtry

#9. [E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time ... As far as I can tell, it's that last five percent that keeps the human race from dying out. Four parts blinding terror, one part perfection. It's like mainlining heroin. One taste of life on that edge and you're hooked.

Kimberly McCreight

#10. The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.

Robert Shea

#11. From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.

David Wilkerson

#12. I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.

Rita Ora

#13. Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children.

Ziggy Marley

#14. The only time people get pressured into doing reunions to make more money is when the current lineup is underperforming. And by bringing back the other guy, it increases their draw.

Eddie Trunk

#15. The sun was rising behind her now; she could feel the heat on her back, and it gave her courage.

William Goldman

#16. Children need their parents' time and attention. Giving one's time is part of the work of love. It means being there for the child, attending to the child's needs rather than the parent's needs.

John Bradshaw

#17. Being a single parent on a part-time basis is tricky to navigate. That is what a racing widow has to do.

Aly Grady

#18. We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up.

John Donne

#19. This part of being a man, changing the way we parent, happens only when we want it to. It changes because we are determined for it to change; and the motive for changing often comes out of wanting to be the kind of parent we didn't have.

Augustus Y. Napier

#20. I think it is because I have a habit, when I am bored or disgusted with people of stepping suddenly into my own world and shutting the door. People resent this
I suppose it is only natural to resent a door being shut in your face. They call it slyness when it is only self-defense.

L.M. Montgomery

#21. How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?

E. Lockhart

#22. One pearl is better than a whole necklace of potatoes.

Etienne Decroux

#23. For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.

LeBron James

#24. At times it does not really matter what language you are speaking, especially when you are emotional and try to reach other hearts. To transcend emotion, silence is the best language.

Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb

#25. Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.

Dale Earnhardt

#26. If the parent represses the girl's anger not just once but over and over again, a deeper injury occurs: the girl will eventually dismantle her anger response. Ultimately, it's safer for her to cut off a part of her being than to battle the person on whom her life depends.

Patricia Love

#27. Allow yourself to think that the possibility of failure is a necessary part of parenting well ... Avoiding the possibility of failure means avoiding the possibility of being an extraordinary parent-and avoiding what you want for your child.

Lisa Coyne

#28. The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

Larry David

#29. Olivia, I'll put on a show in front of your friends, at your work, whenever we're in public. But I'm growing tired of pretending when we're alone. Don't tempt me.

Jessica Hawkins

#30. Life has a tendency to obfuscate and bewilder, Such as fating us to spend the first part of our lives being embarrassed by our parents and the last part being embarrassed by our children.

Ogden Nash