We’re all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it’s hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids‘ plates.
Michelle ObamaMy first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls… that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.
Michelle ObamaFathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
Oscar WildeBe nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home.
Steven WrightMy son is becoming me – just a silly, silly prankster guy.
Kevin HartWhat used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn’t know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that I can pay the rent, I’m worrying about people I care about, you know, the people I love. The little aches and pains of my children that I, my family. That’s always first.
Paul AusterBecause my career is so important, I think I make a lot of – I wouldn’t call them sacrifices, but just concessions for my job. I love what I do, and I want to do it for a long time.
Tom BradyTreat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
ChanakyaOne of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.
Wayne DyerI always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.
Virat KohliOne cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.
Jean-Paul SartreI couldn’t say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.
Anthony HopkinsI never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.
AuroraIt took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy’s autograph. I’d tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, ‚People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.‘ But she couldn’t really grasp it.
Dwayne JohnsonEach new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Thomas SowellYour children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Khalil GibranSome people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.
George CarlinMy son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it’s feet first!
Henny YoungmanMy son’s full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler, he was called by his second name Zowie. But it was such an identifiable name during the Seventies that if I called him loudly in public places, everyone would turn to stare, so I started calling him Joey to take the pressure off.
David BowieThe ‚Billionaire‘ song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It’s funny.
Bill GatesI became the kind of parent my mother was to me.
Maya AngelouI do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
Henry FordI have no problem yelling at anybody’s kid – free of charge!
Abby Lee MillerThe fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
Bertrand RussellOver the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamI have spent so much time and so much energy making other people’s children stars.
Abby Lee MillerBuild me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Douglas MacArthurLive so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.
Marilyn MonroeBut I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.
J. K. RowlingI would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.
Elon MuskMy parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘
Stephen CoveyMy friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.
Cristiano RonaldoAll parents are concerned about their children’s well-being. As a parent of three kids, I’m very concerned about their well-being.
Tom BradyRecommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
Ludwig van BeethovenI wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.
Kurt CobainTo rule children by force is the technique of Satan, not of the Savior.
Russell M. NelsonYou learn that there’s no right way to do it, no wrong way to do it. It’s just what you feel comfortable with, to trust that, and don’t let anybody box you in to a certain style of parenting or make you feel a certain way about what your kids do.
Stephen CurryI have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
Harry S. TrumanWhen you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.
Tom BradyIf 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. MaxwellWhen I’m writing, I don’t feel neurotic. So it’s better for the family if I’m working.
Paul AusterWe must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
A. P. J. Abdul KalamIf you think only of evil, then you become pessimistic and hopeless like Freud. But if you think there is no evil, then you’re just one more deluded Pollyanna.
Abraham MaslowI love our daughters more than anything in the world – more than life itself. And while that may not be the first thing that some folks want to hear from an Ivy-league-educated lawyer, it is truly who I am. So for me, being Mom-in-Chief is, and always will be, job number one.
Michelle ObamaThe influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.
Billy GrahamWhen I’m in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself ‚why?‘
Jackie ChanI think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.
Eleanor RooseveltChildren make your life important.
Erma BombeckI never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.
Adam SandlerI have ‚Parents‘ magazine in my home.
Joe BidenMy kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it’s about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn’t. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don’t take what they have for granted.
Kevin HartI feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.
The WeekndI once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll be a great actress.
Marilyn MonroeYou’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.
Dr. SeussI was very worried about my mother, growing up – a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.
Angelina JolieStart a part-time business and make as many mistakes as you possibly can while you still have your daytime job.
Robert KiyosakiThere’s nothing better than having a baby. I’ve always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I’d be overwhelmed, and it’s true… I can’t tell you how much my attitude has changed since we’ve got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.
Kurt CobainDo I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you’re in, you’re gonna worry about raising kids. But it’s champagne problems, too. There are people who can’t feed their kids.
Kanye WestYou bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.
Alice Walker