“We had many books and pictures... my parents' way of life doubtless left a lasting impression on me. They created an atmosphere in which a certain kind of freedom could exist. This may well account for my seeking a related sense of liberty as I grew up.” WayWellsKindMayBookCertainLeftParentLibertyGrewGrew UpAccountsSeekingImpressionAtmosphereRelatedLastingLasting Impressions Book:Alfred Stieglitz: an American seer Source: Alfred Stieglitz: an American seer
“If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak in the same way. Even though you detest the weakness in them, you will find that you will do exactly the same things because they imprinted you.” IfsWayStrongParentAwarenessBuddhismWeaknessWeakOne WayDetest Author:Frederick Lenz
“My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise.” WayChildrenYoungParentTroubleRaisedDiscriminationNoiseSegregationYoung ChildrenRacial Discrimination Author:John Lewis
“Growing up, I was watched by my parents and strongly critiqued. Instead of saying they loved me or showing physical attention, they would joke that I had a Roman nose - that it was roamin' all over my face. Teasing was their way of showing love, but then you are young, sometimes you can't tell the difference.” WaySometimesFacesYoungParentDifferencesAttentionGrowing UpGrowingJokesNosesTeaseShowing Love Author:Neil Strauss
“I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am.” WayFeelingsParentEnvironmentDangerSafeSafetySafe Environment Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“My kids are incredibly secure. More and more of their friends' parents are divorcing, but my kids have absolute confidence that we'll stay together forever. That goes a long, long way.” WayLongKidsTogetherParentForeverAbsolutesSecureLong WayTogether Forever Author:Ayelet Waldman
“We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me.” PeopleWayDifferentSchoolStuffParentBlackWhiteHigh SchoolDifferent WaysGradesBizarreMexicanGrades In SchoolAll Black Author:Jack White
“I was trying to be appreciative for the education I had, for the sacrifices my parents made. I was very interested in perfect attendance, OK, and straight A's and, you know, dean's list, because those I think were worthwhile, you know, endeavors. And it was important to spend my time in that way and become well-rounded.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingWellsMadeImportantParentPerfectSacrificeListsMy TimeEndeavorWorthwhileDeanAppreciativeWell RoundedAttendance Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“The typical atheist rebels against God as a teenager rebels against his parents. When his own desires or standards are not fulfilled in the way that he sees fit, he, in revolt, storms out of the house in denial of the Word of God and in scrutiny of a great deal of those who stand by the Word of God. The epithet 'Heavenly Father' is a grand reflection, a relation to that of human nature.” WayHumansDesireFatherHouseParentDealsHuman NatureFitStandardsReflectionRelationAtheistStormDenialTeenagerHeavenlyWord Of GodRebelFulfilledTypicalRevoltHeavenly FatherScrutinyTheistEpithet Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.” PeopleWayWantChildrenCharacterParentRolesWrittenFieldsSouthEntertainmentAsianLament Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I'm attracted to how fraught the parent-child relationship is, swerving so easily between love and hostility, with almost no plausible way to end, unless someone dies.” WayChildrenEndsDiesParentHostilityPlausibleParent ChildParent Child Relationship Author:Ben Marcus
“I don't really say too much to my parents. If they ask me to do something I just do it and get it out of the way.” IfsWayAsksParentToo MuchAsk MeJust Do It Author:RJ Mitte
“Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed.” WayHeartChildrenGrowsParentWatchesBreakGood ParentBeing A Good Parent Author:David Whyte
“My parents taught me everything and set me up for life. I owe to them all the things I'm passionate about: music, art, the people I love, my career and family life, the fact that I have children and the way that I raise them.” PeopleWayChildrenArtFactsParentCareersTaughtRaisesPassionateFamily Life Author:Olivia Williams
“Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.” IfsWayChildrenPersonsParentFineTreatsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenBeing A Parent Author:Art Alexakis
“We were the children of white flight, the first generation to grow up in postwar American suburbs. By the time the ’60s rolled around, many of us, the gay ones especially, were eager to make a U-turn and fly back the other way. Whether or not the city was obsolete, we couldn’t imagine our personal futures in any other form. The street and the skyline signified to us what the lawn and the highway signified to our parents: a place to breathe free.” WayFirstsChildrenFormTurnsGrowsParentWhiteCitiesGrowing UpImagineGenerationsStreetsGayBreatheFlightHighwaysObsoleteSuburbsLawnsSkylines Author:Herbert Muschamp
“When a lot of things are going the wrong way for a country, for a people, when you can't really think of anything worse than a war, you always try to take life on the brighter side and that's how I grew up with my parents.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingWarCountryParentSidesGrewGrew UpBrighterWrong WayBrighter Side Author:Andy Murray
“Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasn't like they had nine-to-five jobs. In that way, it wasn't a normal family life.” WayTogetherJobsParentFiveNormalNineFamily LifeNormal Family Author:Georgia May Jagger
“Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.” ThinkingWayI CanParentTaughtFameHandleThanks Author:Alessandro Del Piero
“The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. To see them, you need only look at the work clearly - without judgment, without need or fear, without wishes or hopes. Without emotional expectations. Ask your work what it needs, not what you need. Then set aside your fears and listen, the way a good parent listens to a child” WayLifeInspirationalNeedsLooksChildrenBeautifulAsksWishParentEmotionalLessonsJudgmentExpectationsExperienceGood Parent Author:David Bayles
“As a leader, parent, or friend - don't let someone's poor attitude and poor performance hinder your commitment to holding them to higher standards. You don't need to make the person 'wrong' for the way they're behaving, simply point out that the behavior is ineffective.” WayNeedsPersonsParentPoorAttitudeLeaderHigherGratitudeBehaviorStandardsCommitmentPerformancesHinderHigher StandardsPoor Performance Author:Hal Elrod
“Love involves more than just feelings. It is also a way of behaving. When Sandy said, "My parents don't know how to love me," she was saying that they don't know how to behave in loving ways. If you were to ask Sandy's parents, or almost any other toxic parents, if they love their children, most of them would answer emphatically that they do. Yet, sadly, most of their children have always felt unloved. What toxic parents call "love" rarely translates into nourishing, comforting behavior.” IfsKnowsWayChildrenSaidFeelingsAsksFeltParentAnswersHealingKnow HowBehaviorBehaveToxicTeensTranslateComfortingHow To LoveUnlovedSandy Author:Susan Forward
“We don't know the end from the beginning the way that God does. So when a child dies, sure that is incredibly difficult, and when you are the parent, there is almost nothing anybody can say to you that makes any sense.” KnowsWayChildrenDoeEndsDiesParentDifficult Author:Benjamin Carson
“In an odd way, my parents were proud of me. When they saw me do stand-up, I'd see them looking around the room and watch them taking in the people laughing. On some level, that comforted them.” PeopleWayParentLevelsRoomsWatchesLaughingSawsProudOddProud Of Me Author:Lizz Winstead