Raising Children Quotes - Page 9

• She had the kind of looks that had probably been quite pretty in high school, but were now worn down by years of smoking cigarettes, raising children, and the disappointment of being married to an asshole.

  Tami Hoag

  Children, Disappointment, School

  Tami Hoag (2009). “Deeper Than the Dead”, p.104, Penguin

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• I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Leadership, Football, Children

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• Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be

  David Bly

  Family, Inspiring, Success

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• I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Thinking, Parent

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• I would be ashamed to admit to the Indians that, where I come from, the women do not feel themselves capable of raising children until they read the instructions written in a book by a strange man.

  Jean Liedloff

  Children, Book, Men

  Jean Liedloff (1985). “The Continuum Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully”, p.18, Da Capo Press

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• With the amount of money I have, it's difficult raising children the way I was raised.

  Adam Sandler

  Children, Way, Spoiled

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• Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

  Democritus

  Children, Worry, Battle

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• I actually feel that women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn't complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling, who don't have the financial means, who don't have the support, and so many people are single raising children - that's hard.

  Angelina Jolie

  Children, Struggle, Mean

  "Angelina Jolie Talks Maleficent". Interview with Brent Simon, www.shockya.com. June 2, 2014.

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• Raising a child is like taking care of someone who's on way too many shrooms, while you yourself are on a moderate amount of shrooms. I am not confident in my decisions, but I know you should not be eating a mousepad.

  Ron Funches

  Confidence, Children, Parenting

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