Hector Elizondo Quotes

Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent.

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.

When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve.

I think I'd be a very good dad, and I think I'd have a lot of wisdom to share.

I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.

When you have a little 10-month-old who is climbing up your leg because you are their mountain - there's no nobler reason to get out of bed every day. There's no better reason to live, to make sure you provide as much guidance and as much room for that child to thrive.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your 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.

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

My children keep me real and keep me honest.

And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually.

I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.

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.

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.

We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed.

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

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.