Howard Schultz Quotes

Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.

My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons.

The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!

As a father, you immediately become uncool, especially the older they get. The older you get, it's inevitable that, as cool as you think you are, you're probably just as lame in your kids' eyes.

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.

I feel simultaneously completely vulnerable and made wholly brave by becoming a parent. It has changed the way that I live my life. Because I want to be an example for my son.

I was the product of very young parents, and they had wild ways. My mother was in a punk band. Rebelling would have been learning to play piano.

I never had any coffee or anything like that. I just never tried it.

We are our children's first teachers.

My parents were definitely the biggest influence in my life.

The children of less effective, less competent parents will be more likely to adopt the customs and values of the peer group.

At the very beginning, being a parent did impact how I go about this business.

Whatever the parents are doing, the kids will follow suit.

There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents.

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

I say to all fathers - be as good as you can be- because your sons and daughters will follow in your footsteps.

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

I was taught very well. My mom raised me very well, and so did my dad. I've been very blessed to have great parents that cared about me.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth./The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.

My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job.

Today's parents grew up with the silly notion that music was meant to be heard.

Your parents were always trying to get you to be careful when you were a kid, and that's all pervasive in this society.

My parents were my heroes and my role models. So I thought long and hard over decisions that I would make because I never wanted to disappoint them and break their hearts.

I like my father being the boss in my life