Quotes About Upbringing

While other founding fathers were reared in tidy New England villages or cosseted on baronial Virginia estates, Hamilton grew up in a tropical hellhole of dissipated whites and fractious slaves, all framed by a backdrop of luxuriant natural beauty.

Aware of the rich children spoiled by their parents, Senior seized every opportunity to teach his son the value of money.

Vamos trazer nossos filhos tão próximo do céu quanto pudermos... Está em nosso poder restringi-los e reformá-los, e isso devemos fazer".

Daisy was still lingering in the kitchen when they arrived, and when she saw Steven she shook a wooden spoon at him. "I raised this chile to be a good girl," she warned. "Don't you go messin' with her, hear?" The beginnings of a grin quirked Steven's lips, but he didn't quite give in to it. "Yes, ma'am," he said. Emma

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today. —MARGARET MEAD

This new generation, they've been raised by their parents to assume they'll start at the top. No scut for them. They'll just sit in their parents' basement till the job offer for partner comes in.

We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

Taste is a phenomenon. Most of taste is unconscious - it comes from your upbringing, from your family, from your society, your gender, your race; it's a melange of all those things.

Not just charity, even corruption begins at home.

It takes a society to raise a generation.

I lived in a project and...didn't have a good education. But...I'd listen to the preacher, who said that God would show me the way. Everything starts from that confidence.

I'm very, very, very, very spiritual. I grew up in an organized religion, I went to Sunday school as a kid. I'm very grateful that there was religion. I think it instills a good moral compass.

Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.

Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.

It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.

I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.

I think my mother was very spiritual.

The 2 Perfect Recipes for Rearing & Raising Godly Children are: Stay On Your Knees for Direction & Stand On Your feet as an Example,

I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.

I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father.

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

Being famous is uncomfortable because I grew up very simply. Everything revolved around friends, family, church and sports.