family relationships quotes

Just talk to me as a father – not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?

If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can’t so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care?

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.

The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.

Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

I do not think that I am a natural born mother… If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

I’ve always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I’ve heard and read so many things about my family that I can no longer believe anything; every relative I question has a completely different story from the last.

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?