Famous Quotes

"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."

Plato 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 Plato

• "He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden."

• "Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences."

• "There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."

• "The beginning is the most important part of the work."

• "Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men."