#parent

Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received. ↗

— Horatio Alger

#art #art of war #became #castle #chieftain

And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#going #i #i think #improvement #know

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference. ↗

— William Godwin

#danger #endless #free #grating #interference

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#development #i #into #keep #minimal

Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#both #cancer #everything #fighting #get

In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps. ↗

— Dave Barry

#american #any #apparently #had #high

Both my parents are Methodist preachers, I grew up in a church. ↗

— Wes Bentley

#church #grew #i #methodist #parents

The parent is the strongest statement that the child hears regarding what it means to be alive and real. More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual. ↗

— Polly Berrien Berends

#articulate #child #expresses #hears #individual

The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud. ↗

— Michael Bergin

#i #love #loved #make #me

I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium. ↗

— Zach Braff

#great #great relationship #i #parents #relationship