Josh McDowell Quotes

I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.

I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.

My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

Because I'm an older mom, I have a responsibility to my kids as well as myself. I want to be there for them.

Whenever I would get in trouble with my dad, my mom would always save me. So that's why I like my mom - she cool.

I think it is important to be a friend to your kids. But it is also equally important to set boundaries. My mother was a strong influence, and so was my dad. My mom was my friend whom I couldn't cross.

I've always been way closer to my mom. I'm close to my dad, but they're totally different kinds of relationships.

You need your mom and dad to protect you. It means they love you so much.

I bugged my mom and dad to 'get me inside the television set' when I was about four years old.

I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.

I don't live my life through my kids, nor do I expect them to live theirs through mine. But of course, they're everything.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh.

I had what you could call a chaotic childhood. My parents divorced when I was 2; I went back and forth between my mom's and dad's houses for years. But, you know, my parents tried to do the right thing. As crazy as everything was, and as much fighting and everything, there was always a feeling of support from them.

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

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

Blessed with Mom and Dad's remarkable genes, raised on big words and big, iconoclastic attitudes, Larry and I, before entering kindergarten, knew who we were, what we wanted, and how we would get there.

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.

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

I love being around my mom and my dad.