Instilling Values Quotes

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.

I always tell my dad he was training me to be a pro before he even knew it.

You put as much effort as you can when they're young into trying to teach them to be good people or make them the best they can be, and they're older now, my kids. I'm at that stage where I let them go, and you just hope that all that nurturing you did earlier on sticks, and you launched good people out there.

Being a parent is very important to me.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

I've raised three kids: my wife and I have three kids. I've observed through direct contact the adults they are now is partially the product of where they came from and what we did. With them growing up, but partially how they were wired at birth.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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.

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline.

I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly.

There's nothing more damning in life than a child calmly and coldly saying, 'Are you aware that you're teaching me bad habits?'

I never told my kids, 'You've got to work hard.' I just worked hard, and they followed my example.

I'm pretty proud of the parent that I've become.

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

I think it's good for parents to be supportive, to motivate, and to somewhat nudge their kids because the majority of kids will want to quit something when it gets hard - that's just their nature. Children will normally take the easier road.

You want your kids to grow with the right culture and values, and the toughest part would be finding out how to instill those values in your kids.

I worry about my children, actually. I'm trying to give them a decent upbringing but I sometimes worry that that means they're going to be kind of mediocre adults. Like maybe I should throw them out for a bit and give them some adversity.

As a parent, I understand that on an individual level parents would do anything for their child.

At the end of the day, all I want to do is protect my kids.

When you undermine faith in a system, your child may not necessarily see the difference between the politician who is no longer respected and the policeman, the teacher, the parent.

I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.