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“I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.”

Ideas Helping Wanted Values Parent Class Figures College Months Six Saving No Idea Expensive Help Me Working Class Six Months Savings Tuition Stanford Going To College College Tuition

Author:Steve Jobs

“Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”

Ifs Want Wells May Children Done Parent Share Position Duty Things Done Do It Yourself

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”

“Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is!”

“Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature.”

People Ifs Want Life Should Children Grows Parent Adults Should Have Parenting Stature Being A Parent Light And Shadow Disney Company Triumph Over Evil

Book:Walt Disney: Conversations

Source: Walt Disney: Conversations

“Forgiveness multiplies and melts rigid postures. Try again and again with self forgiveness. Be the kind parent to yourself you may not have had.”

Trying Kind May Self Parent Again And Again Negativity Try Again Posture Self Forgiveness

Author:Sark

“The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil...”

“Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear: let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening children, till tears of pity glisten in their eyes, or boiling passion shakes their tender frames.”

Children Stories Eye Passion Parent Tears Revolution Listening Tales Pity Shakes Shameful American Revolution Boiling Glisten

Author:John Hancock

“I remember as a ranger the first time I stood alone on Inspiration Point over at Canyon Station looking out over this beautiful land. I thought to myself how lucky I was that my parents' and grandparents' generation had the vision and the determination to save it for us. Now it is our turn to make our own gift outright to those who will come after us, 15 years, 40 years, 100 years from now. I want to be as faithful to my grandchildren's generation as Old Faithful has been to ours. What better way can we add a new dimension to our third century of freedom?”

“I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should.”

Thinking Should Believe Children Parent My Own Flower Treats Don't Believe Fragile Youngsters Motion Pictures

Author:Walt Disney

“Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always Daddy's Day and I would take them to the merry-go-round, and sit on a bench eating peanuts while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt there should be something built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.”

“I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to 'know' as to 'feel'.”

Knows Feels Believe Children Important Parent Half Seeking Guides Sincerely

Book:The Sense of Wonder

Source: The Sense of Wonder

“Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.”

Reason Parent Animal Extraordinary Senses Irrational Superiority Offspring Deficiency

Book:Exegetic Homilies (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 46)

Source: Exegetic Homilies (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 46)

“Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit, I was reared from the very beginning by Christian parents. From them I learned even in babyhood the Holy Scriptures which led me to a knowledge of the truth.”

“I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.”

Thinking Children Parent Sweet Aspect Only Child Sweet Things

Author:Karen Thompson Walker

“The best that a parent can be... A demonstrator... A consistent, constant demonstrator of being in your own Vortex.”

Parent Constant Consistent Vortex

Author:Esther Hicks

“The parent gives the child a new car, money. They know the child wants these things and has to do what they want; otherwise, they withdraw the favors - manipulation, domination, no happiness, psychic sickness.”

Knows Want Giving Children Parent Car Yoga Favors Karma Sickness Manipulation Psychics Domination Karma Yoga New Car

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We see that love manifested normally in the soldier, in the parent, in the lover, and in the spiritual teacher.”

Spiritual Parent Teacher Lovers Yoga Soldier Karma Karma Yoga Spiritual Teachers

Author:Frederick Lenz

“And there's a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents - I mean, it's gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.”

People Mean Kids Stuff Parent Audience Intention Grandparent Demographics

Author:Jerry Garcia

“Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.”

Children Parent Women Boring Bored Needy

Author:Amy Dickinson

“One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.”

Parent Women Privilege Adulthood

Author:Amy Dickinson

“It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.”

Kids Parent Women Twenties Mad Unusual

Author:Joy Browne

“A lot of what children's hurt feelings are about is how the parents react.”

Children Feelings Parent Women Hurt Hurt Feelings

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“Children have no reasonable assumption of privacy while they are minors in their parent's home.”

Children Home Parent Women Assumption Reasonable Privacy Minors

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“Decent responsible parents are a royal pain- that's how you know when you have them [such parents].”

Knows Pain Parent Women Responsible Decent Royal

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent.”

World Kids Parent Women Worst Worst Things

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.”

Important Parent Teacher Figures Lessons Authority Mma Important Lessons Authority Figures

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your corporate parent. Basically, you do all the work for years, blowing up an artist - you discover them, blow them up, you build their fan base. And then that artist is like, "Okay, now I'm here. Now I want more. I want to be bigger." And you're either going to be able to accommodate them, you're going to be able to figure out how to take that step with them, or you're going to lose them.”

Ifs Want Years Able Artist Parent Loses Steps Team Fans Worst Figures Majors Okay Bigger Independent Blow Labels Corporate Farms Accommodate Blowing Up

Author:El-P

“Children who are brought up with one parent or another parent or shared parenthood, when there has been a divorce and hatred within families, it breeds a tremendous amount of instability in the life of a child. And many of these children end up in the homosexual movement. Even if they don't, they take so much baggage into their marriages, that they are unable sometimes, at least theoretically unable, to stand against all of the cultural forces that would disrupt them and their families.”

Ifs Children Has Beens Ends Sometimes Force Parent Movement Amount Hatred Divorce Parenthood Homosexual Baggage Instability

Author:Erwin W. Lutzer

“As you get older, it's important to have goals. When you're a kid you have them, but other people can set them for you, such as your parents, your school... so, as you get older it's nice to have your own goals, which don't have to do with being more famous, or being in bigger movies, or making more money. Those things kind of corrupt your soul.”

People Kind Important Soul Kids School Parent Goal Nice Bigger Your Soul More Money

Author:Dolph Lundgren

“What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express something. It very rarely comes from confidence, being raised by parents who want to hear what you have to say and wants to encourage you.”

People Want Needs Kind Pain Artist Turns Parent Raised Angst

Author:Angelina Jolie

“I think for my parents it was like "A Boy Named Sue," the Johnny Cash song. A guy named Sue tries to track down his father to take it out on his father for naming him Sue. And his father says, "Look, I knew I wasn't going to be around. So I gave you the name so that you would grow up strong enough to take the hits and fight back." So I like to believe that's why my parents gave me this stupid name.”

Thinking Trying Believe Looks Enough Guy Song Fighting Father Names Strong Grows Parent Boys Growing Up Stupid Track Cash Strong Enough Like A Boy

Author:Domhnall Gleeson

“The older ones recently saw Mr and Mrs Smith and I think they thought that was the funniest thing they'd ever seen because, of course, watching your parents fight as spies is some strange sort of childhood fantasy.”

Thinking Fighting Courses Parent Fantasy Saws Childhood Strange Spy

Author:Angelina Jolie

“Both of my parents are actually music teachers. I think I got to a certain age where I decided I'd rather be a baseball player than a musician. Now, like most kids, I regret it.”

Thinking Kids Age Certain Parent Teacher Player Regret Musician Decided Baseball I Regret Baseball Player Music Teacher

Author:Charlie Day

“I think for all the women who are working parents it's difficult to balance your work-life and your home-life. You make obvious sacrifices because you really just want to be with your family.”

Thinking Want Home Parent Difficult Sacrifice Balance Obvious Our Family Home Life Working Parents

Author:Kate Hudson

“Even if you're not a parent, you have parents and you've been in those situations where there's a certain kind of goodbye - nothing this extreme exists, but I think that's what everyone holds onto, that common denominator that runs through this that everyone can understand.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Running Certain Parent Common Situation Extremes Goodbye Common Denominator

Author:Jonathan Nolan

“When I first graduated college, I told my parents I'd try to pursue comedy for the first year or two, and if it didn't work out, I'd put my nose to the grindstone and try to find a job somehow. I went to UCB, and it clicked with me.”

Ifs Trying Years Firsts Two Jobs Parent Comedy College Work Out Pursue Noses Grindstone

Author:Ben Schwartz

“It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when I didn't even know there was such a thing as editing. I thought you just shot the film and showed it. That's exactly what I did. I'm not that different 50 years later.”

Knows Years Different Film House Parent Black Shots Shooting Roof Editing Jackets Leather Leather Jackets

Author:John Waters

“My parents found tradition and ritual very important, because they were both brought up that way and found comfort in it. They thought it was important for children to be kept on a schedule. You went home for the holidays, you went to mass on Sunday - no ifs, ands, or buts. That was ingrained in me from a very young age, and I think that's informed who I am in so many aspects of my life. I crave stability and a schedule and the security that comes along with it.”

Ifs Thinking Way Children Important Home Age Young Found Parent Security Comfort Mass Aspect Tradition Who I Am Holiday Sunday Ritual Stability Schedules Crave Young Age Home For The Holidays

Author:Chloe Sevigny

“Have compassion for your humanity and your flaws. You're human and you're going to make mistakes. Look at yourself through the eyes of a loving parent.”

Humans Looks Eye Humanity Parent Mistake Compassion Making Mistakes Flaws Through The Eyes Look At Yourself Loving Parents

Book:Solemate

Source: Solemate

“I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.”

People Ifs Children Doe Play Might Night Parent Plans Handle Schedules Easter Great People Parades Bonnets Nativity

Author:Victoria Beckham

“I have 4 kids already, I don’t need anymore. I’m a single parent. I’m taking them through Europe and make them play funny instruments.”

Needs Play Kids Parent Europe Instruments Single Parent

Author:Ville Valo

“My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.”

Littles Art Made Parent Saws Crazy College Focused Theatre Graduates Traveled Budgeting

Author:Jennifer Garner

“My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married when they were just teenagers and are barely ever separated. They even work together. As a result, I have always thought of marriage as involving the loss of a certain amount of autonomy.”

Has Beens Together Mother Certain Parent Loss Results Wonderful Amount Married Teenager Working Together Autonomy Involving Wonderful Marriage

Author:Jessica Valenti

“No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.”

Matter Helping Parent Difficult No Matter What Grateful Tricky Good Parent

Author:Jennifer Garner

“My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.”

Important Parent Saws Mom My Mom Vigorous

Author:Jennifer Garner

“The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.”

Men Ends Life Is Parent Alive Sacrifice Superiors Disgrace Superior Man

Author:Confucius

“I'm kind of a disciplined person but I don't take anything too seriously. And I think a lot of that had to do with the raising my parents gave me and my sister - Veronica Cartwright, who's an actress in her own right.”

Thinking Kind Persons Parent Discipline Actresses My Sister

Author:Angela Cartwright

“There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because of past and present prejudice against Indian people, that part of their heritage is clouded or denied.”

People Past Parent Claims Prejudice Indian Heritage Denied Grandparent Ancestry Past And Present Parents And Grandparents Clouded

Author:Joseph Bruchac

“Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval.”

Want Children Kids Past Parent Ideals Strive Approval Reversal

Author:Elizabeth Kolbert

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