Parental Success Quotes

I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.

I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.

I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.

I think a famous parent is really different from a famous grandparent. My parents are very successful, but no one knows who they are, and they live a completely grounded, homey life. I'm friends with the Gummer girls, whose mum is Meryl Streep, and that feels from the outside like a different kind of burden.

We provide a secure, stable space for children to grow up in, so children will be able to take risks and have adventures and do things that are unexpected. If there isn't a risk that your children can fail, then you haven't succeeded as a parent.

My greatest fear is that I'll fail my kids.

Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters.

I think some people who have never met me have a misconception that when I was living with my father when he was successful, that I was somehow adversely affected by his success or the money he had and was making at the time.

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.

It's not as though I decided to sit down and write a mystery novel so I could capitalize on my parents' success.

For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good.

In 'Ozark,' the truism that we are not as likely to do as well as our parents did in the past is front and center.

'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.

The child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot.

You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you.

I tell everyone in the world that I have always been the best father I could be and that I was the worst husband. Wooo!