Quotes on Inspirational Parenting

Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

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.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

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

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation