Parenting can be tough, so sometimes we may need a little reminding why being a parent is a blessing. These short inspirational parenting quotes will inspire you to enjoy every moment and become a better parent.
1. “A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty” – Anonymous
2. “Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry they are always watching you” – Robert Fulghum
3. “We never know the love of a parent till we become parent ourselves” – Henry Ward Beechers
4. “The problem with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are usually unemployed.” – Anonymous
5. ” Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.” – Bill Ayers
6. “The sign of great parenting is not the child’s behavior. The sign of truly great parenting is the parent’s behavior.” – Andy Smithson
7. “The best inheritance a parent can give a child is a few minutes of their time each day.” – O.A.Batista
8. “Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” – C. Everett Coop
9. Kids spell love: T.I.M.E – John Crudele
10. ‘Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute presents for presence.” – Anthony Withman
11. “Don’t raise your kids to have more that you had. Raise them to be more than you were.” – Anonymous
12. “I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.” – Anna Quindlen
13. “Your words as a parent have great power. Use them wisely and make sure they come from the heart. “- Carolina King
14. “No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.” – Brad Meltzer
15. “Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It’s about hanging on during a very bumpy ride.” – Ron Taffel
16. “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” – Charles R Swindoll
17. “What we do today, will impact who our children will be tomorrow.” – Carolina King
18. “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark to have been loved so deeply .. will give us some protection forever.” – J K Rowling
19. “Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you’re telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.” – Bill Cosby
20. “As your kids grow up, they may forget what you said, but they won’t forget how you made them feel.” – Kevin Heath
21. “In raising my children I have lost my mind, but I have found my soul .” – Lisa T Shepherd
22. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
23. “As your kids grow up they may forget what you have said, but they won’t forget how you made them feel.” – Kevin Heath
24. “If I had my child to raise all over again, I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later. I’d finger-paint more, and point the finger less. I would do less correcting and more connecting. I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes. I’d take more hikes and fly more kites. I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play. I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars. I’d do more hugging and less tugging.”- Diane Loomans
25. “Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t poke enough holes to make it dry.” – Alvin H Price
26. “There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.” – Hodding Carter Jnr
27. “You don’t know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don’t have a child, you don’t know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever.” – Regina King
28. “When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live.From that time on,there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves.” – Fred Rogers
29. “A mother is someone who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” – Anonymous
30. “My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all – the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do” – Mitt Romney
31. “The moment you begin to actively discover the amazing personhood of your child, parenting starts to feel like less of a burden and more of an adventure. ” – Angela Pruess
32. “The sign of great parenting is not the child’s behavior. The sign of truly great parenting is the parent’s behaviour. ” – Andy Smithson
33. “If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” – C G Jung
34. “Speak to your children as they are the wiset, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become.” – Brooke Hampton
35. “Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won’t tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.” – Catherine M Wallace
36. “I may not be able to give my kids everything they want, but I give them what they need: love, time, and attention. You can’t buy those things.” – Nishan Panwar
37. “It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.” – L. r. Knost.
38. “A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.” – Anonymous
39. “Affirming words from Moms and Dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmination at the right moment in a child’s life and it’s like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.” – Gary Smalley
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