"It is easier to have children than to raise them." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 22:6
"What God is to the world, parents are to their children." ~~ Philo
"Who circumcises his son is as though he offered all the sacrifices to the Lord." ~~ Zohar, Genesis
"Who fails to teach his son a trade might just as well have taught him to rob. " ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. " ~~ Phyllis Diller
"Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. " ~~ Phyllis Diller
"When a father is quick-tempered, his children are confused." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 30:19
"If you do not respect your parents, your children will not respect you." ~~ Guide of the Perplexed
"Let a father wed his daughter to a scholar, even if he spend all his money on her dowry!" ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.
"Adam was the luckiest of men: he had no mother-in-law." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"At five, your son is your master; at ten, your slave; at fifteen, your double; and after that, he is your friend or foe—depending on how you raised him." ~~ [Based on] Proverbs (Mishle) 13:24
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