Raising Quotes

Raising children is a journey generously sprinkled with what many view as teachable moments, perhaps none as challenging as those surrounding faith and religion.

There are a lot of white female-led startups that are raising money without a tech founder. At the core of it is value.

Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.

When Obama talks about raising taxes on the rich, he's looking at me.

What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesnt make sense.

Being at home is a job in itself and raising a family for sure.

I'm for eliminating deductions and taking some of the money to buy down rates and put it on the debt. That's not raising taxes. That's solving a problem.

We rule out raising taxes this year.

Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.

Re raising kids: Love, without discipline, isn't.

I'm not for raising taxes on anyone - period.

Another show I really enjoyed working on was Raising The Bar. I did four or five episodes of that show.

When you raise girls, you're raising children for strangers.

Raising kids is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated. But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts.

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

The biggest mistake in helping undeserved kids is not raising the bar high enough. Children will believe if you believe in them.

When I'm raising money, this fundraising, I'm thinking about the next fundraising. I'm thinking how I'm set up for it.

Marriage is about raising children. That's the purpose of the institution.

The standard has gone up, whether that's down to the split divisions or more professionalism. People are raising the bar and wanting to emulate the England team.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

I pledge that I have no intention of raising taxes in my second term.

I want to be working with directors who are at the top of their game. I want to be raising the bar for myself, and to me, the best way to do that is to prove to them that I'm the best for this job.

When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation.

Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.

We’ve had bad luck with our kids – they’ve all grown up.

To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself--that is the first duty of the educator.

Let your child see you doing a good deed instead of you telling him or her to do it, and the little child shall one day grow up to become a real kind human being.

Feed your child ideas of peace, harmony and compassion but at the same time give them courage to defend their identity and dignity.

Human making is our mission, but if you break the very soul of the would-be humans, then there will be no human to raise.

Let your children nourish their knack, for that knack shall one day provide them with the way to live with dignity and contentment.

Let your child be the torch of truth and they shall shine over the entirety of the human society brightening even the darkest corners.

Human making is our mission.

A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate the child within.

Someday my children will look fondly on the annoying things I did and see them clearly as evidence of love.

Every parent is an artist, but not every artist is apparent.

They say the apple don't fall far from the tree but every apple has it own seeds

Luxury is the enemy of growth. This is the one thing that I learnt from my father, and I approve of it fully. Abundance is neither good nor healthy for the growth of a child’s mind.

We may talk lightly but never carelessly. We keep at bay the flow of common, ignorant thought which runs its damaging course through the pathways of ordinary human conversation.

Genes come together to construct a magnificent life-form, while neurons come together to form our Illusion of Consciousness.

​I wanted to present Neuroscience to people in a way that would diminish their differences.

The transcendental state of Absolute Oneness sets the human mind free.

It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents' lives before I was born.

Do not give a damn what "they" have to say (and you will know who they are) for you are either very right or very wrong, but at least you are very something.

The people that truly love us in life don't fight for us to remain a doormat for others.

Don’t box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You’ll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

Saturday mornings, I’ve learned, are a great opportunity for kids to sneak into your bed, fall back asleep, and kick you in the face.

More than Captain America your kids need Amelia Earhart – more than Ant Man, they need Abraham Lincoln - more than Green Arrow they need Gandhi – more than Iron Man they need Isaac Newton.

Force your kids to pursue success and they shall be drowned into the abyss of characterlessness, but let them pursue excellence and they shall rise as glorious Gods.

Effective parenting requires being the grown up version of what you want your children to be. Why? Because example is the most compelling superpower.