"I know how to do anything — I’m a mom." ~~ Roseanne Barr
"Who circumcises his son is as though he offered all the sacrifices to the Lord." ~~ Zohar, Genesis
"The talk of the child in the street is that of his father or mother at home." ~~ Talmud, Sotah
"The child honors his mother more than his father because his mother affects him by her words—so God set the honoring of the father before the honoring of the mother; and the child fears his father more than his mother, because it is the father who teaches him Torah—so God set the fearing of the mother before the fearing of the father." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 31a
"Be grateful to your parents; had they not been tempted, you wouldn’t be here." ~~ Talmud, Abodah Zorah 5a
"Children grow up, parents grow old." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"There is one thing a man cannot change—his parents." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Great is the pain of bringing up sons, and greater of bringing up daughters." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"It is easier to have children than to raise them." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 22:6
"Whether you have money or not, you should respect your father and mother— even if you have to go begging from door to door." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Peah
"Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word “collectible” as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"Whoever teachs his son teaches not only his son but also his son’s son—and so on to the end of generations. " ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin