#parent

My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#background #because #came #cared #education

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#beautiful #child #divorced #gift #give

It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#almost #also #any #christmas #enjoyed

I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.' ↗

— Nicole Richie

#i #know #myself #need #parents

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#cramps #every #faculty #mind #parents

My parents love each other. They work through their problems. ↗

— Brian Austin Green

#love #other #parents #problems #their

More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act. ↗

— Lee Haney

#act #children #concerned #enough #ever

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. ↗

— Robert South

#novelty #parent #pleasure

I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#i #i think #institution #kind #know

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less. ↗

— Alex Haley

#becomes #books #children #fact #i