Patricia Routledge Quotes

We see the worth and appreciate the discipline my father inculcated in us.

It took me a while to accept everything, but I am so grateful for the way my parents raised me. It's my life, it's unique, and I think it's so meaningful to me as I get older.

I was raised the right way, my parents did a great job, I owe them everything. Without them, I'm not the man I am today.

I think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.

I was raised to believe in hard work, in faith and family. ... The most important job I'll ever have is spelled D-A-D.

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

I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.

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

I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.

I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience.

The challenging part of parenting for me is to make sure that an individual person is an individual and not some sort of cookie-cutter version of me. At the same time, I want to make sure that I impart my sense of the world as an adult.

If my parents didn't raise me in the way that they did, I wouldn't be in the position I am now. They raised me very independent and taught me you can do anything you want to. I have an average-sized brother and an average-sized sister, and I had to do everything they had to.

No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today - the way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.

For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your parents.

I had a very good upbringing, which I'm eternally grateful for.

My parents gave me a practical example of what life was about, and I won't forget that.

When you're younger, you're trying to understand and make sense of what your parents are trying to instill in you, which is ultimately life experience. I remember being 17 and my dad trying to teach me the importance of responsibility.

I've learned a lot from my parents.

I am a family person. I thank my parents for their upbringing.

My parents were definitely the biggest influence in my life.

I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.

My father John taught me about hard work and the importance of manners.

Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.

The prospect of being a father made me ask myself a question. How do you know what kind of adult your child will turn out to be? And how much can you control that?