Patricia Briggs Quotes

When you have kids, you see what's important.

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

All that really matters is I have two beautiful kids, and I'm trying to be the best dad I can possibly be, and that's the most important thing of all.

As soon as I became a mom, my birthday stopped having any meaning whatsoever.

Being married is one thing, but having kids will completely change you. I still go out and hang with my buddies, but having two daughters will completely change your perspective on the world.

Everything I do revolves around my children.

I think parenthood does change your priorities quite drastically in an incredibly good way - most of the time.

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.

I've made decisions along the way so I would be there for my kids, and it's kept me from going places I would have gone.

When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

I think that when you have kids, it's all about them.

My girls and I regularly go through their rooms to find clothes and toys to donate to charities. I firmly believe that children who have been given so much need to experience the joy that comes from giving.

My singing is really important to me, but when children come along they'll be my main focus. I'd never put my career in front of my babies - it'd be a case of fitting jobs around them.

When you have a kid, you have to be more mature.

I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

Being a mom is what life is about. I hope people realize what the priorities in life should be and know not everything has to be perfect.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

Having children really changes your priorities.

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

Kids are a huge sacrifice; they change everything - but I'm ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o'clock at night.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.