1,263 Quotes About Parents

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you’d be okay.

I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.

If we remain positive and accept what is, if we tend to pay attention to the beauty of the practice but not examine the insides, we will be less likely to give ourselves the benefit of the doubt, and we will forgo the potential beauty of our birth culture, and if we forgo the potential of our birth culture, it's harder to see the beauty within ourselves.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

The images I had were of people being driven mad by living in the city. Images of parents who were so hungry and unfulfilled that they ate their own children.

Our parents prayer is the most beautiful poetry and expectations

My parents were supportive of my creativity but did not have a lot of patience for whimsy with zero production value. They had stuff to do.

Clutching me in her arms, Mama stared at Emily. “You have a responsibility to this child.