Parents Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old parents quotes, parents sayings, and parents proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

For the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. William Wallace
You are the bows from which your children, as living arrows, are sent forth. Khalil Gibran
He who takes the child by the heart takes the mother by the heart. Danish Proverb
A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind. Mary Wollstonecraft
The value to a child of poor role models is also underestimated. Parents have the idea that it is their duty to set a good example, never realizing that a bad one will do just as well, indeed better. Jill Tweedie
A suspicious parent makes an artful child. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Parenthood remains the single greatest preserve of the amateur. Alvin Toffler
There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you. Peter De Vries
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life. Muriel Spark
Children aren't happy without something to ignore, / And that's what parents were created for. Ogden Nash
Parents do overindulge their children, giving them a profusion of material things...without the stabilizing effect of earning one's way or making decisions, of sweating hard to attain some kind of goal, young people are grievously handicapped. Billy Graham
Parents need much wisdom in relating to their grown children—and much prayer. Children likewise have much to learn about relating to their parents as the years pass. Billy Graham
Obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother,' which is the first commandment with promise. Ephesians 6:1-2
Parents were once a significant and even dominant part of the education of their youth. Alfred Henry
To your parents you owe love, reverence, and obedience to all just and equitable commands. Abigail Adams
There is no music sweeter in the ears of parents, than the well-earned praises of their children. Abigail Adams
Parents can set the example by just being themselves rather than by trying to be perfect parents. Fred Rogers
Almost all of us who have been parents have had the feeling of wanting to give our children perfect lives, lives without pain or sorrow, but of course none of us can. Fred Rogers
What is a shoulder it's something to cry on, / What is a Mother, she's one to rely on. / What is a Father, a man of solution. / The people you turn to for that resolution. Kev Green