Anthony Kiedis Quotes

I tell my kids, 'I'm your father, not your friend - but I'm also the best friend you're ever going to have because no one is going to care for you the way I care about you.'

My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.

You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.

I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.

I loved my mother, she's a good girl.

Wherever I find love I will accept it.

Love means never having to say you're a zero.

I wanted a good relationship with my mother, and I realized I had a choice: Either I could spend all my time angry that she didn't give me the hugs I thought I needed, or I could understand that she hugs differently. It's not a spread-open-the-arms, 'come here' hug. She hugs by sheltering me from her worries.

I am very strongly paternal. My paternal instincts need to be acted upon. My love needs a release. I love everyone. I don't express my love enough, but the love within me needs a platform as a parent.

So many people ask, 'How could you forgive your mother for the way you were raised?' It's really not forgiveness, in my opinion. It's acceptance. She's never going to be the sort of mother who wants to take care of me.

I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.

My dad being not the greatest dad in the world has made me a better parent.

A lot of peoples' parents aren't very supportive; my mom is super supportive.

I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that's ok.

My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him.

Love always comes up to my mind when I think about my parents.

I see my parents as tiny children who need love. I have compassion for my parents’ childhoods. I now know that I chose them because they were perfect for what I had to learn. I forgive them and set them free, and I set myself free.

If your family loves you, you're fine. What you can't grow up without is love.

I love my mother. I reach out to my mother.

I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

I'm working on my relationship with my mother and father, but my upbringing has been very destructive.

If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it would be impossible for them to teach you to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with what they had been taught as children.