Quotes about Upbringing

Oh, I grew up in Seattle.

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.

As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.

Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will have no greater satisfaction as the years pass than to see those children grow in integrity and honesty and make something of their lives.

As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I can still hear her voice calling my name to God and telling him that she wanted me to follow him in whatever he called me to do.

I was the oldest of four children, and the atmosphere was volatile for all of us. My father and mother were in constant conflict, making divorce seem like the only possible outcome.

I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I grew up in Boston.

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

First of all, I was a good Christian kid. My mom and dad taught me never to fight. So I never fought. The other kids picked that up right away. They said, 'Oh, he's not going to try to do anything.' They'd push me, shove me, hit me. I'd just stand there and take it.

My mother, who grew up in Pennsylvania, literally washed my mouth out with soap once for saying, 'Shut up!' to my sister. She would have washed my mouth out with gasoline if she knew how foul my mouth was racially when she wasn't around.