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“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.”

“As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.”

“Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.”

“Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.”

“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”

“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.”

“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.”

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”

“I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.”

“In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck - and, of course, courage.”

“If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.”

“Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.”

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”

“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.”

“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.”

“Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.”

“I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.”

“Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.”