In the journey of parenting, the power of inspiration cannot be overstated. As we nurture and guide our next generation, we often seek wisdom and encouragement to help us navigate the complexities of raising children.
In this article, we delve into a collection of inspiring quotes that encapsulate the profound insights, values, and ideals that can shape how we raise our children. From renowned thinkers to everyday parents, these quotes serve as a source of motivation and enlightenment, offering timeless guidance to foster a nurturing and loving environment for our kids.
Join us, as we explore these words of wisdom that resonate with the heart of every parent striving to raise thoughtful, resilient, and compassionate children.
58 Inspiring Quotes on Raising Children with Love and Purpose”
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“The best way to predict your child’s future is to create it.”
Abraham Lincoln
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“Children are not things to be molded, but people to be unfolded.”
Jess Lair
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“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”
Jesse Jackson
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“Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.”
Haim Ginott
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“Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice, but as yet unstained.”
Lyman Abbott
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“Raising a child is like watering a young plant. You can’t force it to grow; you have to nurture and support its natural development.”
Anonymous
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“To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.”
Josh Billings
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“The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.”
Orlando Aloysius Battista
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“Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.”
Wess Stafford
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“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
Theodore Hesburgh
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“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.”
Khalil Gibran
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“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.”
C.S. Lewis
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“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
Paulo Coelho
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“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
Denis Waitley
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“Children make your life important.”
Erma Bombeck
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“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”
Neil Postman
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“It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.”
Ann Landers
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“Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about and the hardest thing in the world to do.”
Matt Walsh
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“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”
Oscar Wilde
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“Being a father is the single greatest feeling on Earth. Not including those wonderful years I spent without a child, of course.”
Ryan Reynolds
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“Parents are living gods. They do everything to make their children happy and expect nothing in return.”
Saravana Kumar Murugan
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“Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.”
Ann Brashares
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“While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about.”
Angela Schwindt
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“The most powerful way to change the world is to live in front of our children the way we would like the world to be.”
Graham White
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“To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.”
Barbara Johnson
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“You do not have to make your children into wonderful people. You just have to remind them that they are wonderful people.”
William Martin
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“Don’t raise your kids to have more than you had, raise them to be more than you were.”
Anonymous
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“The difference between a child who is taught piano from the force, even with ‘good’ intentions, is in stark contrast to a child who feels deeply inspired to learn music.”
Tara Bianca
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“If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.”
Jackie Kennedy
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“Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.”
Khaled Hosseini
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“One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.”
Jane Goodall
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“We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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“Parenthood…It’s about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.”
Peter Krause
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“If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.”
Bette Davis
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“If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: Be wary of saying or doing anything to a child that you would not do to another adult, whose good opinion and affection you valued.”
John Holt
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“Encourage and support your kids, because children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.”
Lady Bird Johnson
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“If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors. I hope and pray that all you parents in the sound of my voice will train up your children in the way they should go.”
Charles Portis
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“It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents’ lives before I was born.”
Robert Drewe
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“Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today.”
Kevin Kelly
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“It takes less than a minute to make a baby, but more than a decade to make a being.”
Abhijit Naskar
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“Watch your children grow, and they will teach you what you’ve taught them.”
Frank Sonnenberg
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“Children are the next generation under construction.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough
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“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”
Abigail Van Buren
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“If you can control your behavior when everything around you is out of control, you can model for your children a valuable lesson in patience and understanding… and snatch an opportunity to shape character.”
Jane Clayson Johnson
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“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.”
Anne Frank
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“One of the greatest titles in the world is a parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.”
Jim DeMint
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“It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”
Roald Dahl
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“I thought I’d never be the annoying person, but as soon as Winnie was born, I was showing iPhone snaps to a cab driver.”
Jimmy Fallon
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“The truth is, parenting as well as we can is always hard – really, truly, the hardest thing any of us has ever done.”
Laura Markham
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“Having children is like living in a frat house: nobody sleeps, everything is broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.”
Ray Romano
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“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”
Nora Ephron
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“The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.”
Drew Barrymore
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“Parenting without a sense of humor is like being an accountant who sucks at math.”
Amber Dusick
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Don’t compare your child to others. There is no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.”
Anonymous
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“Children should have enough freedom to be themselves – once they’ve learned the rules.”
Anna Quindlen
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“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
Robert A. Heinlein
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“Ignoring a child’s respect is the surest guarantee that it will continue.”
Fred G. Gosman
Final Words
In the intricate tapestry of parenthood, these inspiring quotes on raising children serve as guiding stars, illuminating the path of nurturing, love, and growth. They remind us that the journey of raising children is an art, not a science, where each moment is a brushstroke on the canvas of their lives.
These quotes encapsulate the essence of parenthood—its joys, challenges, and transformative power. As we embrace the profound insights, we are empowered to create an environment of love, encouragement, and support, fostering the next generation with strength, compassion, and resilience.
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