Quotes about Parenting
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Parenting has its ups, its downs…and its eminently quotable moments. Parenting quotes span history and are as popular today as ever. The perfect quote adds personality to birth announcements, memoirs, mailed (or e-mailed) greetings and even blogs. Below are some favorite choices to help get your creative juices flowing.
Sentimental Quotes About Parenting
Much has been said on the subject of a parent’s love, and with good reason. The quotes below are all about the most rewarding parts of parenting.* “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” - Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family
* “Mother nature is wonderful. Children get too old for piggy-back rides just about the same time they get too heavy for them.” - Anonymous
* “Making the choice to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” - Elizabeth Stone
* “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” - Kahlil Gibran
* “If your children spend most of their time in other people’s houses, you’re lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you’re blessed.” - Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook
Quotes that Offer Parenting Advice
Parenting advice has been around as long as families have, and world celebrities and common people alike are happy to dispense it. Here are a few gems of wisdom that are true for every generation.* “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” - Harry S Truman
* “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” - Jesse Jackson
* “To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.” - Josh Billings
* “The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.” - Frank A. Clark
* “When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.” - The Talmud
Profound Quotes About Parenting
Parenting makes us introspective…when we have the time. Here are a few favorite parenting advice quotes.* “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.” - John Wilmot
* “Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” - C. Everett Koop
* “There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” - Chinese proverb
* “A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.” - Anonymous
* “My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” - Clarence Budinton Kelland
Humorous Quotes About Parenting
A healthy dose of humor keeps it all in perspective, as these hilarious comments show..* “It would seem something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.” - Phyllis Diller
* “The quickest way to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.” - Lane Olinhouse
* “When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.” - Erma Bombeck
* “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” - Mark Twain
* “There are three reasons for breastfeeding: the milk is always at the right temperature, it comes in attractive containers, and the cat can’t get it.” - Irena Chalmers
I hope you have enjoyed these quotes about parenting.
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