Catherine Helen Spence Quotes

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.

I think I was brought up in a respectful household.

I had a good upbringing.

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.

I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife. That's the truth.

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.

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.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

There's no question that we have great value on the sanctity of the family, and there are a lot of competing visions about exactly how we teach a set of values and we teach skills to our children, especially in the early years when they're really forming their personalities, their personas, really.

It takes a village to raise a child.

If you bungle raising your children, nothing else matters in life.

My parents did a great job of raising me and my brother. Very supportive parents.

I'm lucky my parents raised me well.

My parents were definitely the biggest influence in my life.

What my parents believed was that, you know, the best wealth they could give to us children was to educate us and, you know - give us that foundation.

I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.

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.

Children are to be born into a family where the parents hold the needs of children equal to their own in importance. And children are to love parents and each other.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

If we want a great future in this world, we have to take God at his word, and God makes it really clear that society and civilization is held together by the glue of families... This is where the next generation of human beings are incubated and nurtured and matured - in homes. In families.

I just want to have a great relationship with my child and have a great family dynamic.

The first Law of Heaven is obedience, and it should be the first law of every home. It is the foundation of an orderly home, a successful family, and the successful lives of the children. The wife is the key.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.