Diana Ross Quotes

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

We have a good opportunity to be good parents right now.

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

I'm a parent. I'm a mother.

To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.

Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

Children enhance you.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.

I think the most important thing I have done in my life is to raise two boys.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.

As a person, the only people who matter are my kids and how they see me.

That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

I like being a mother.

Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.

I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that my parents have given me is definitely down the road.

My children were the center of my life.

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.