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One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

Mom, Dad, Parents, World, Blessings

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Children, Parents, Child, Influence

We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary.

Mariella Frostrup

Friend, Birthday, Relationship, Romantic

The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.

Life, Love, Children, Relationship, Like

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. - Henry Ward Beecher

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

Love, Parents, Parenting, Know, Never

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline.

Good, Change, Daughter, Discipline, Gift

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude, Thankful, Only, Others

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

Sad, Parents, Parenting, Child, Action

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.

Day, Heart, Fear, Time, Child, World

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. - Henry Ward Beecher

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Henry Ward Beecher

Friendship, Love, Child, No Love, Like

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.

Life, Friend, Time, Winning, Husband

I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.

Life, Love, Son, Me, Husband, Village

One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.

Child, Gift, Important, Uniqueness, Most

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

Thurgood Marshall

Teacher, Down, Us, Boots, Up, Because

The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life, Flower, Tree, Live, Maturity, Seed

Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.

Jennifer Aniston

Friendship, Family, Friend, Good, People

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.

Life, Child, Partner, You, Need, Your

Everyone wants to say they hate lawyers, and yet I've never met a parent who didn't want their kid to be a lawyer.

Hate, Lawyer, Lawyers, Never, Want, Say

I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

Parenting, Believe, You, Adventure, Like

When you lose a parent, you realize how vital they are to the foundation of your life. It's impossible to understand what it means until that curtain is pulled. You're an orphan. But then I think that life is kind of remarkable, and the thing that causes the biggest pain can also bring amazing energy.

Life, Pain, Think, You, Amazing, Energy

As a parent, you experience the most of everything. The most love, the most fear, the most hurt and the most tired, the most of every emotion.

Love, Fear, Experience, Tired, You, Hurt

Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.

Nathan Myhrvold

Children, Today, People, World, Copy

For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.

Mother, Day, Home, Hope, Mom, Me

The love you have for your child is so much greater than any challenge you'll face as a parent, and that's what helps you through.

Love, Face, Child, Challenge, You, Your

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

John C. Maxwell

Children, Parents, You, Behavior, Always

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

Herbert Spencer

Future, Man, Wise, Past, Remember, He

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