Inspirational Quotes

Parenting

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

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You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.

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What’s done to children, they will do to society.

What’s done to children, they will do to society.

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It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it.

It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it.

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In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to discipline a child is still a mystery to most fathers and… mothers. Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.

In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to discipline a child is still a mystery to most fathers and… mothers. Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.

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In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time.

In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time.

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There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.

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Although there are many trial marriages… there is no such thing as a trial child.

Although there are many trial marriages… there is no such thing as a trial child.

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Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.

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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

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Parents are not interested in justice; they are interested in quiet.

Parents are not interested in justice; they are interested in quiet.

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Children are a great comfort in your old age – and they help you reach it faster, too.

Children are a great comfort in your old age – and they help you reach it faster, too.

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Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

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It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.

It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.

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Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

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To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

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It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

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Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else.

Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else.

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No good deed goes unpunished

No good deed goes unpunished

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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

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