Swami Vivekananda Quotes

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small - in school, our parents.

Limits are very important.

Everyone around me is so strict about keeping me grounded.

I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.

Rules should not be barriers; they should be guides.

I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover.

The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.

I'm turning into a stricter dad.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.

Dogme is like leading a religious life, in that you are freeing yourself from making certain choices. It makes life easier.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

My mom was very strict. She didn't let me watch anything rated R or anything with cussing.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

As much as you don't like disciplining your kids, you have to sometimes. Kids want that structure, that leadership, that guidance. I think that's what I try to give my children.

I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.

For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

I am a very strict mother, and as a mother, it's my responsibility to guide my kids and tell them to go how far and no further. There should be rules and guidelines for the kids, and they should know their limits.

The laws of this world are for children.

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.

Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.

A capable mother keeps her young people employed and thus out of mischief. She demands from them co-operative helpfulness. She maintains Shelter. She distributes praise and blame. She keeps order. She does not pretend to practice "democracy", the children do not elect their teachers nor determine the methods of family government. Any mother who knows her business is in her home an absolute domestic dictator. It is she who decides what the children shall eat and wear, when they shall get up or go to bed, and go to school, and come home, &c. Her reign extends however, only over the young and her sole object is to fit them to take proper care of themselves later and to make their own way in life

I've never been able to accept any kind of discipline.