Allan Houston Quotes

We didn't try to raise QBs we just tried to raise kids.

The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing to do with school. It's this kind of broad description of how you raise children and what you teach them.

Image is something you construct, while reputation starts at home. If you are able to pass on solid values to your children, then they can become citizens of the world.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be spoilt and only know private school kids. I want them to behave well by example.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

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

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

It takes a village to raise a child.

I had a good upbringing.

It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also.

I'm a dad with six kids, and I'm trying to teach each of them a little bit of morality.

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

When families bring children into the world, train them in faith and sound values, and teach them to contribute to society, they become a blessing in our world.

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?

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

Lot of things depend on the up bringing of a child.

My secret agenda is to convey my values to my kids.

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to.

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.