673 Quotes About Parenthood

Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?''Wouldn't it be great if it did?' I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn't about avoiding suffering.

She had responded to the loss of her husband, to poverty, to disease, and to family cruelty with boldness and ingenuity, by opening herself to others, especially to her children and her Church, pouring into these precious vessels her knowledge, hope, and devotion.

It’s certainly TOUGH being AWESOME all the time, but I do it so the kids have someone to look up to!

If my children think I'm genuine, no one else's opinion matters to me.

Someone suddenly had direct, unabashed access to my heart.

Her mother admonished through closed lips, the sound a mother can make mean anything from "pick up your socks" to "we are very disappointed you have murdered those orphans.

It was not because I had a strong sense of the virtue of industry, but because Joe had a strong sense of the virtue of industry, that I worked with tolerable zeal against the grain.

Mangarap ka at abutin mo ito. Wag mo sisihin ang sira mong pamilya, palpak mong syota, pilay mong tuta, o mga lumilipad na ipis...Kung may pagkukulang sayo ang mga magulang mo, pwede kang manisi at magrebelde... tumigil sa pag-aaral, mag drugs ka, magpakulay ng buhok sa kilikili... Sa bandang huli, ikaw din ang biktima... Rebeldeng walang napatunayan at bait sa sarili.

Therefore, we wish not to judge our parents for being too severe or strict, because the majority of us will sooner or later become parents too.