Quotes About Parents

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

The bottom line in my view is that America's mothers and fathers deserve to have confidence in law enforcement's ability to ensure that their children are being raised in the safest possible environment.

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

My parents realized the dangers of raising a daughter in a social, political, and legal climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls. Although they fled to London when I was just three weeks old, the challenges facing women's rights in Iran became ingrained in my social consciousness.

What was nice for me was that when I got to secondary school - like high school - I met many other Ghanaian schoolgirls whose parents were also born in Ghana and were raising them here. We automatically had a huge kinship that was amazing.

I love my mum for raising us, and I love my dad for teaching me what to avoid.

Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it.

I have been extraordinarily fortunate in my life, luckier than almost anybody on this planet. And whenever I ran into challenges, my parents did everything they could so that I could maximize my own potential.

My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.

Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and humble. Both of them taught me to let my golf do the talking.

You may not know it, but I was adopted as a baby by my wonderful parents, Allan and Margaret Atkins of Cumberland Gap, Tenn.

The memories I can gather now of my parents are quite contradicting. My mother was the disciplinarian and my dad was the rule breaker.

Generational disinterest in education means that too many young children lack the push from their parents in early years which can make the difference between success and failure in schools.

My parents made me who I am. They are kind, generous, loving people.

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to get married. I think because of the way I was brought up and seeing my parents in love.

I will get married to a guy of my parents' choice.

I think, a lot of times as women, we feel pressure from our parents, our friends: we see our friends get married.

I feel like everyone just gets constricted by their parents or, just, life.

Before getting married, I was never really able to travel because of work and I was always with my parents.

I think I realized my parents' relationship was special when I had my first girlfriend, and she came from a broken marriage. I watched how much closeness there was between her and her mom, and also how much bickering.

I would actually say to all the parents to tell their children to start respecting people. And, automatically when you start respecting people, it will give rise to give and take. Respect starts in your own house.

I always knew I would come to London. I loved Glasgow, but it seemed filled with echoes of my parents' lives, and sometimes you just want a city of your own.

When I was a child growing up in Glasgow my parents did Christmas incredibly well. They were as excited about it as we were.

I see how loving my parents are toward each other, toward my family and toward me. And that's just a glimpse of Jesus' love for us.