Virginia Satir
Psychotherapist, Author
"What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting."
Parenthood quotes
Parenthood
71 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Wilferd Peterson
Author and Speaker
"Our children are watching us live and what we are shouts louder than anything we can say."
Honore de Balzac
Novelist
"A mother who is really a mother is never free."
Wayne Dyer
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Your children are not your children, they come through you, but they are life itself, wanting to express itself."
Herman Cain
Businessman, Politician
"It's not Planned Parenthood. No, it's planned genocide. You can quote me on that."
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"No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood."
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"I'm, like, the biggest fan ever of 'Arrested Development.' To be a part of it is incredible. Same goes for 'Parenthood.'"
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"Kids don't make up 100 percent of our population, but they do make up 100 percent of our future."
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"Life's what happens when you're making other plans."
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"When it comes to parenthood everyone thinks they will be terrible at it. We don't think we have it in us. Then you find out that you do, which truly is a miracle in life."
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"These Planned Parenthood women, the Code Pink women, and all of these women have been neutering American men and bringing us to the point of this incredible weakness...We are not going to have our men become subservient."
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"In practicing the art of parenthood, an ounce of example is worth a ton of preachment."
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"There's no encyclopedia or book about parenthood. You learn on the fly."
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"Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you."
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"Single parenthood is hard, but it's simple too. You just do everything yourself."
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"There aren't many great adverts for marriage or parenthood. It always looks so stressful, and that's what I've been scared of. What you don't realise is how much you're going to get back."
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"[Donald] Trump wants to punish women for getting abortions and defund Planned Parenthood."
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"[On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell."
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