Famous Quotes

"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted."

Garrison Keillor on Parenting

More quotes about Parenting

• "To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."

  Buddha on Parenting

• "A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone."

  Billy Graham on Parenting

• "We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves."

  Henry Ward Beecher on Parenting

• "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection."

  Sigmund Freud on Parenting

• "Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride."

  Ron Taffel on Parenting

More quotes by Garrison Keillor

• "I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy."

• "The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose."

• "Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough."

• "God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny."

• "Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough."