Quotes on Grandchildren And Grandparents

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young children, belong to the future.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.

Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.