Parents Archives - Jewish Quotations

"A man should not quarrel with his wife to please his parents." ~~ Sefer Chassidim

"Save you honor your parents, your children will not honor you." ~~ Rambam

"Like father, like son." ~~ Rashi

"Do not cast me off in old age; when my strength fails, do not forsake me! " ~~ Psalms 71:9

"In disputes between parents and children, the children always get the upper hand." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 24:16

"Have you ever heard of a son rejecting his mother beause he found a nicer one?" ~~ Achad Ha’am

"There is one thing one cannot buy—one’s parents." ~~ Traditional Proverb

"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

"It is not what a mother says of her daughter, but what the neighbors say, that matters." ~~ Shocher Tov

"I figure if my kids are alive at the end of the day, I’ve done my job." ~~ Roseanne Barr