"The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."

Windsor, Edward, Duke of on parents and parenting   

"It is almost impossible to smile on the outside without feeling better on the inside."

Unknown, Source on nature
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"Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything -- except his own nature."

Miller, Henry on nature   

"There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult."

Buffett, Warren on nature
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"Diversity: the art of thinking independently together."

Forbes, Malcolm S. on diversity
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"If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one."

West, Jessamyn on parents and parenting   

"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."

Waitley, Denis on parents and parenting
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"Children need guidance and sympathy far more than instruction."

Sullivan, Anne on parents and parenting   

"Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers."

Mumford, Lewis on parents and parenting
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"Having children makes one no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist."

Levine, Michael on parents and parenting
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"Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation."

Koop, C. Everett on parents and parenting
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"Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him."

Henker, Dr. on parents and parenting
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"The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one."

Dryden, John on parents and parenting
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"A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it."

Clark, Frank A. on parents and parenting
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"No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal."

Cosby, Bill on parents and parenting
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"The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them."

Clark, Frank A. on parents and parenting
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"Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you."

Brown Jr., H. Jackson on parents and parenting
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"When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior."

Beauvoir, Simone De on feminism
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"It is a pleasure to give advice, humiliating to need it, normal to ignore it."

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