Unblessed is the son who does not honor his parents; but if reverent and obedient to them, he will receive the same from his own children.
Parents Quotes
Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in which the parents do not act in such a way that nothing would be more desirable for the child than to escape their influence.
When God wants to speak and deal with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents, or the pastor, or of our neighbor.
The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in the record books, but you don’t have anything tangible to hold on to. But having a baby – there just isn’t any comparison.
Leontine. An only son, sir, might expect more indulgence. Croaker. An only father, sir, might expect more obedience.
A false love blinds parents so that they regard the body of their child more than his soul. Hence the wise man says, “He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes”. (Prov. XIII,24)
We never know the love of the parent till we become parents ourselves. When we first bend over the cradle of our own child, God throws back the temple door, and reveals to us the sacredness and mystery of a father’s and a mother’s love to ourselves. And in later years, when they have gone […]
Once when I was lost, I saw a policeman, and asked him to help me find my parents. I said to him, “Do you think we’ll ever find them?” He said,”I don’t know kid. There’s so many places they can hide.”
This is a free country. Within very broad limits, people may live as they wish. And yet, we believe that some ways of living are better than others. Better because they bring more meaning to our lives, to the lives of others, and to our fragile fallible human condition. Marriage and parenthood should be held […]
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
