Parenting Quotes

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength."

Francis de Sales

"Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels."

"The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world."

William Ross Wallace

"Every word and deed of a parent is a fiber woven into the character of a child that ultimately determines how that child fits into the fabric of society."

David Wilkerson

"The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children."

Elaine Heffner

"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child."

Sophia Loren

"Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life."

Maureen Hawkins

"What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them."

Andrew Combe

"Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude."

"The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil."

"It's clear that most American children suffer too much mother and too little father."

Gloria Steinem

"Every child begins the world again."

"Children are born true scientists."

R. Buckminster Fuller

"It is the nature of babies to be in bliss."

Deepak Chopra

"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."

Carl Sandburg

"A new baby is like the beginning of all things—wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."

Eda J. LeShan

"Babies are such a nice way to start people."

Don Herold

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one."

Leo J. Burke

"The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears."

Francis Bacon

"Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter."

Francis Bacon

"It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place."

Colette

"If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent."

Bette Davis

"Children are the true connoisseurs. What's precious to them has no price, only value."

Bel Kaufman

"Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world."

Gail Tsukiyama

"To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons."

Marilyn French