Parents play an indispensable role in shaping our lives, providing guidance, love, and support every step of the way. The bond between a mother and father is one of the most profound connections known to humanity, embodying a blend of nurturing care, strength, and wisdom. Across cultures and generations, the significance of parental influence remains steadfast, with countless expressions of gratitude and admiration shared through heartfelt words and sentiments.
In celebrating the essence of parenthood, we delve into a collection of mother and father quotes that capture the essence of this cherished relationship. From poignant reflections on maternal and paternal love to humorous anecdotes highlighting the quirks of parenting, these quotes offer a glimpse into the depth of emotions shared between parents and their children. Whether you seek inspiration, comfort, or simply a reminder of the profound impact parents have on our lives, these quotes serve as a timeless tribute to the enduring bond between mother and father.
I was born in 1935. But my mother and father – who were immigrants from Ireland – and everybody that I knew growing up in Brooklyn came out of the Depression, and they were remarkable people. Pete Hamill
The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are. Christopher Eccleston
I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race. Giancarlo Esposito
I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old – basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one at my friend’s house; when I say played it, I just played around with it at my friend’s house. It just struck me as something I really wanted. Greg Lake
A feminist is a person who wants equal things for men and women, and I definitely believe in that. This doesn’t mean I will degrade anyone. In our house, I want my mother and father to have equal importance and that’s the only way to bring up a socially responsible child. Aishwarya Lekshmi
I am trying to be both mother and father to my children. Boney Kapoor
A word, for example, that is negative, pejorative, and has caused more pain and suffering is ‘illegitimate.’ But every person has a mother and father. It is another way we let society hurt others. Alex Haley
My mother and father didn’t love each other, so they were always fighting. Tina Turner
My mother was a Bible student, and when I was a youngster, both my mother and father would say, ‘If people would only live by the Golden Rule, there wouldn’t be the problems that there are.’ In other words, ‘treat people the way you want to be treated.’ If somebody mistreats you, two wrongs won’t make a right. Monte Irvin
Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt ‘safe’ there. Robert Cormier
The thing is that my father’s story helps to communicate what was at stake with my mother, and my mother and father had so much a partnership that his story is integral to her story, as her story is to his – really, her story can’t be told without his story. Rory Kennedy
One of the reasons I survived as well as I did was my genetics. My mother and father both had very tough lives, and boy, were they survivors. Patty Duke
I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare. Barbara Mikulski
My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, ‘I want to be an actor.’ They worried it was a waste of time. Sean Bean
My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers. John Lewis
I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today. Chaske Spencer
My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really. Rufus Wainwright
Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes. Todd Tiahrt
I loved my mother and father. Roger Moore
My mother and father definitely encouraged me. People used to tell my mom that I should be in commercials, and then everything kicked off from there, and my first gig was some print work. Raven Goodwin
I grew up in the city. Both my mother and father were factory workers, and I loved the life in the ‘metro.’ Everybody saw me as a very urban guy. And I was. Per Petterson
It’s like my parents’ musical tastes are the mother and father of my music. It’s their fault for making me so emotional and in tune with my emotions! Chet Faker
My relationships with both my mother and father are good. We spent several difficult years hashing over the problems and the past, and worked out a fairly solid middle ground. I wouldn’t say my relationship with either of them – they’re no longer together – is exactly typical, but that would be difficult after all we went through. Marya Hornbacher
Well, I was very lucky. I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course. Clive Anderson
When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on paying back all his debts. That almost ruined the family. I was aware that my mother and father couldn’t control things anymore. I guess I was afraid that we would end up on the street. Jo Nesbo
There was a ton of fighting between my mother and father. The kids would be thrown into the middle, to choose sides. Nick Carter
When I was a child I had a nightmare, and in the morning, I asked my mother and father, ‘If I kill someone, would you still love me?’ My parents were very preoccupied with this, but I think I’m not the only one to ask for that – not love, but absolute fidelity. Claire Denis
As a youngster, my mother and father always drilled into my head having something to fall back on. My father was kind of funny. I’d score 40 points. I’d come home and say, ‘Look dad, I scored 40.’ He’d never have a smile on his face. He’d be like, ‘I saw that move you did. What if you’d hurt your knee?’ Shaquille O’Neal
My mother and father are still together after forty something years. I lived in one place till I was 6. I lived in another place from when I was 6 till I was 17. Janet McTeer
No matter how old we become, we can still call them ‘Holy Mother’ and ‘Father’ and put a child-like trust in them. Desmond Morris
I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course. Colin Hay
I don’t think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture. B. F. Skinner
There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about. Shirley Knight
All of us wish we’d had perfect childhoods, with a mother and father who modeled ideal parental attitudes and taught us to internalize the tenets of self-love. Many of us, however, did not. Marianne Williamson
My mom was my mother and father. My father lost his mind when I was about 4 years old. And my mom did everything she could to make sure that we was brought up right. Anthony Ray Hinton
It was always about being first, about winning. There were no prizes for second place. My mother and father said, ‘Do whatever you want, as long as you’re the best at it.’ David Haye
My mother and father instilled in me a sense of purpose not defined by today’s street obsession with bling, cars or cribs. Brian J. White
My love for artichokes comes from when I was very young. My mother and father would slice the hearts and fry them, and they would be crispy around the leaves and tender at the base. Jose Andres
My mom is just incredible. She’s delved into both the mother and father figure in my life. Devin Druid
The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up. Madeleine Albright
I’m working on my relationship with my mother and father, but my upbringing has been very destructive. Paz de la Huerta
I feel that heterosexual marriage is the more excellent way, and it surely is approved holy by the Holy Bible, and it holds so many more possibilities: the possibilities of having children of both the mother and father, the male and the female. Robert H. Schuller
I do recognize the most valuable work being done across the country is that work being done inside the four walls in our homes. And let us not forget how important the work of the mother and father are to raising responsible citizens. Ann Romney
I think that every child grows up with the ideas that what we are given, is our society. Your education, and your mother and father, they tell you this is how it is, but then you hit adolescence and you think, ‘Is it? Why? Why is it like that?’ Sometimes that questioning leads to something more. Alice Englert
Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make. James Gandolfini
The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn’t. Marcus Samuelsson
Cancer has affected my family; my mother and father have battled cancer. I know how tough it is. Stone Cold Steve Austin
My mother and father were lovely parents, always quite hard up, but very hard-working. Prunella Scales
My mother and father split up when I was three and my brother was still in the womb. Susan Straight
My mother and father met through climbing and it was totally natural that I would become a climber too. Adam Ondra
The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted. Dan Rather
The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household. Amar Bose
My mother and father met while playing chess, so I’ve always had a fondness for the game. If it weren’t for chess, I might not be here. Dorothy Dunnett
I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just – there wasn’t a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot. Betty White
If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn’t count. Dave Van Ronk
Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests. Larenz Tate
People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that. Roy Ayers
My mother and father were perfect role models. They were together for 25 years and very much in love. But I’ve got too much to do now. I’m only 27. Katherine Jenkins
When my mother and father fell in love, my mother’s family would never accept it. Euzhan Palcy
My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other. Marina Abramovic
Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records – to the shock of my mother and father because I was always playing Beethoven. But I bought my mother a mink stole. She was very happy, and she said, ‘I think this is better than Beethoven.’ Neil Sedaka
I’ve gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I’ve wronged her and I’ve wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn’t just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family. John Prescott
For the spouse of someone in the service, you are your own provider, your own lover, you own best friend while that person’s gone – the mother and father if you have kids. Jessy Schram
Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rather than our nannies and au pairs. Olivia Williams
In my case, my mother had to be my mother and father, so I am thankful to her. Henrikh Mkhitaryan
I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them. Dominic Chianese
Growing up, my mom was my mother and father figure. She was my role model. I looked up to her. She was all we ever needed. Brook Lopez
I’m a very traditional person. The tattoos are about my grandmother dying and they tell the story about my mother and father, my brothers and my sister, my kids. It’s pretty much a family tree on my arm with my life in football too. Timothy F. Cahill
Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated. David Dinkins
My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best. Joe Montana
Would not the child’s heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love? Max Muller
I don’t think children’s inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. Beverly Cleary
I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series. Jerry Mathers
The very, very beginning is that my mother and father were aviators. James Rosenquist
Man can never expect to start from scratch; he must start from ready-made things, like even his own mother and father. Marcel Duchamp
People get so trapped by their technology now. Real life is so much better. I love talking with my mother and father. We really enjoy staying in and making a meal together. I’m very close with all four of my older sisters as well. Sammi Hanratty
I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock. Hedy Lamarr
My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful. Orson Welles
I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that’s where the love came from. Chuck D
When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be Bond; I used to make up scenarios and irritate my sister and annoy my mother and father pretending to be someone else, so I kind of was already acting when I was a child. I just didn’t really know it. Aneurin Barnard
My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage didn’t last very long. Michael Douglas
One girl who stands out was this Miami stripper. She still lives with her mother and father, and they know she strips. They call her by her stripper name, Freaky Red. Method Man
My mother and father taught me about black excellence and dynasty. They experienced racism personally, and when something like that happens to you and not around you, you develop a different perception than someone who has never experienced racism a day in their lives. Lizzo
I didn’t have anything to do with being born to my mother and father. But I had a lot to do with Kristin Shepard’s notoriety. I’m proud of the work I did on Dallas. Mary Crosby
Reared in rural southern Alabama, we enjoyed an idyllic Huck Finn boyhood. But education there was casual at best. Our mother and father were high school teachers and challenged the pervasive easy-going ignorance. Gregory Benford
My mother and father are very involved with music. It’s completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all vinyl, of some of the best artists, in my eyes, that you can come across. P. J. Harvey
I’m proud of my hard work. Working hard won’t always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I’ve wanted that I haven’t always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally. Tamron Hall
My mother and father were very strange people. They tried to be funny which is always very sad to me. Jonathan Winters
My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guys. I was a little god. Chazz Palminteri
My mother and father didn’t know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, ‘My, the man play that guitar nice.’ Peter Tosh
I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn’t know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had. Prince
My mother and father were interested in the arts. Ken Adam
I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education. Jeb Bush
My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what. Jack Wagner
I went to all the shops in the village looking for work. I didn’t have any qualifications. I ended up working in a grocery shop for about a year and then went to a confectioner, where I earned three pounds 10 shillings. I gave the money to my mother and father, but I also managed to save five shillings a week. Bonnie Tyler
My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took in ironing and she was a waitress. My father was working in the factory and he did people’s tax returns. Patti Smith
I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don’t live together and don’t share in decisions is a great depravation for children. Gail Sheehy
Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am. Henry Louis Gates
My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they did that. And it was a great boon to my brother and myself. John Cassavetes
But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24. Rachael Leigh Cook
