Quotes About Upbringing

I had a rough upbringing. Group homes. Foster homes.

I had a poor upbringing. We lived in a rented house with no bathroom and an outside toilet and that, combined with the fact that I left home at 15 without any serious education, has always made me feel like I have to compete.

Where I come from, the family, upbringing, whatever I have seen in life, I know for sure that nothing is permanent.

I had a very tough upbringing. We all had to do something called 'manual labour.' Mostly it meant getting up at 5 A.M. and cutting grass endlessly.

I did experience a different type of upbringing having two completely different cultures.

I was born in a temple to a priest father, in a place like Benaras. So, my upbringing has been influenced by such surroundings.

Where I stand comes from my upbringing and my faith: I'm 100 percent pro-life and I believe in traditional marriage.

I grew up thinking I was inferior to white-skinned people. And as a child if you are conditioned like this, it becomes a part of your upbringing that you believe that probably because I look like this, I won't get anywhere in life.

D Major is not a one-genre band. I think we have always managed to captivate the audience with our performance. We are three Indian girls with international upbringing and a little foreign flavor.

I came from a very military, Christian, Southern upbringing.

Traveling has been a really big part of my upbringing and I've been fortunate enough to travel for different reasons. I'd like to think that it has had an impact on my character and personality, which ultimately affects my music.

That was my upbringing: you treat people with respect.

I feel very American, but my upbringing was quite the opposite.

Ultimately, it's one's upbringing, consciousness and circumstances that decide the path you'll choose.

I think the kind of person I am, and the kind of upbringing I have had, I have my mother's aesthetic. So my choice of films will largely reflect that.

A lot of my family weren't present when I was young, so I was getting a lot of stories told to me about them. Certain members of family had reputations because they were involved in crime and stuff like that. Then, when I was out on the streets, I'd be hearing more stories about them. So I think my whole upbringing was just heavily story-oriented.

Like I always said, Hrithik and I are parents first and have to be in-sync regarding our priorities as parents in order to make sure our boys get the best upbringing. They are and always will be our main priority.

It was definitely a challenging upbringing. My parents were by no means perfect.

My upbringing gave me a lot of backbone and prepared me well for showbiz. It could throw anything at me and I could take it.

I, forever a product of my Scottish Calvinist upbringing, never knew how to react when someone smilingly took both my hands and told me 'Jesus loves you, and we love you.' I'd just grin rigidly, and urgently will it to stop.

I was very blue collar, and I had a great upbringing.

I had a lot of teachers. When I think about my upbringing I feel like the most fortunate person. It was a marvellous era for drummers.

I had a very happy upbringing; I love funny people and love to make them laugh.

I would say I came from upper middle class family.