"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
"No father should give his son the name of a wicked man." ~~ Rashi
"Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do." ~~ Barbara Walters
"Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. " ~~ Phyllis Diller
"Honor your father – – – even if you have to go begging from door to door. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Peah