Being a parent is a big job. It often comes without being thanked, and can be stressful. However, a parent always feel rewarded without thanks, but in the smile of their children. Sometimes a little uplifting and encouragement is needed. So, for all parents out there, especially for those rough days, here’s some great quotes about parenting.
20 Awesome and Inspiring Parenting Quotes
1. “One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.” – Jim de Mint, American Politician
2. “Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.” – Bob Keeshan, American Entertainer
3. “Sometimes to be a good parent… You have to laugh when you want to be angry. You have to be angry when you want to laugh. And that is why good parenting is tough.” – Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
4. “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” – Anne Franck
5. “No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well. But despite everything, we didn’t do too badly by one another, we did as well as most.” – Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
6. “At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.” – Jane D. Hull, American Politician
7. It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.” – Roald Dahl
8. “Your love, not your worry, is the most valuable thing any of us can give our children.” – Jason E. Royle, Jesus vs. Santa: Christmas Misunderstood
9. “It’s a strange thing, having a child,” he said. It completely alters your most fundamental priorities. When my eldest daughter was born, I realized that I would do anything – anything – to protect her. If I had to set myself on fire to save her from something, I would do it with the utmost relief and gratitude. It’s quite a thing, quite a privilege, to care about someone so much that the measure of worth of your own life is changed so much.” – Barry Eisler, Redemption Games
10. “Children are mirrors; they will always show you exactly what is going on inside of you. Each phase of their growth is an opportunity to heal your own pain, to go deeper inside yourself and become more truly human.” – Vimala McClure, The Tao of Motherhood
11. “Y’all know how much I love you? “Infinity and back again,” I say the way I’ve said it a million times. And then, daddy says to me, “go on and add a little bit more to that.” – Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming
12. “Anything is possible with a parent. Parents are gods. They make us and they destroy us. They warp the world and remake it in their own shape, and that’s the world we know forever after. It’s the only world. We can’t see what it might have looked like otherwise.” – David Vann, Aquarium
13. “One of the greatest things parents can do for their children is to believe in them(their uniqueness) and help them realize their own God-given dreams.” – Bernard Kelvin Clive, How To Do It At Any Age
14. “Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way.” – Tom Swyers, Author
15. “As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.” – Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
16. “There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.” – Sue Atkins
17. “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” – Charles R. Swindoll
18. “Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” – Robert Fulghum
19. “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 me children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.” – Joyce Maynard
20. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault
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Dads, and moms if you’re reading quotes of parenting, feel free to use them to help you, and encourage you. If you have any good parenting quotes that you’ve found inspiring and uplifting, please feel feel to share yours in the comments below!
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