Bill Cosby Quotes

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

I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

I want to be a good example for my son. That's the best way to parent - to be the example of what you want to see in them. That's definitely how my parents parented and how my grandparents parented. And it works.

I love being the person my kids depend on to learn. Everything they learn, for the most part, comes from you - how they treat people, how they look at the world, how they process things. I love being that example for them, just like my parents were for me.

Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

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.

One of the things that I learned at a very young age is the power of a parent's words to their children.

Mum has been the biggest influence on me.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

Children need models rather than critics.

I was very fortunate to have some great mentors. A father that was always in my life set the example every day at home. Everybody asks me, 'What was your role model?' My role model slept 20 feet from me every night. I could always go talk to him and ask him questions no matter what it was about.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me.

Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.

I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.

It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.

My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me.

Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will have no greater satisfaction as the years pass than to see those children grow in integrity and honesty and make something of their lives.

I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.