Mother and father quotes

Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.
- Ann Brashares

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
- O. A. Battista

Your children need your presence more than your presents.
- Jesse Jackson

Parents act so strong for us, that we often forget just how fragile they are.

Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark to have been loved so deeply .. will give us some protection forever.
- J. K. Rowling

In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well.
- Wm. Paul Young

Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God.
- Mary Baker Eddy

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
- Benjamin Spock

Love and appreciate your parents. We are often so busy growing up, we forget they are also growing old.

Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they’d be different.
- Tana French

My mom had four kids, one with special needs. She had a full-time job, and she still came home and made dinner for us every night, from scratch. It was amazing.
- Eva Longoria

I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else’s.
- Craig Ferguson

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
- Robert Frost

The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven’s lieutenants.
- William Shakespeare

All of them - my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother - were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity.
- James Cromwell

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad because you are so special to me.
- Wade Boggs

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
- Chinese proverb

Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
- Anais Nin

I believe the heart of the heavenly Father is reflected in the heart of the earthly father.
- Nathan Lorick

Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.
- Matthew Jacobson

My mom worked way too hard for me not to be successful.