“Love is the greatest advantage a parent can give.”

“… besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.”

Bryce Courtenay The Power of One

“In considering the ledger equal, understand the greatest gift you have given your parents is the opportunity to raise you. The things a child gets from parents can't compare to the things a parent gets from raising a child. Only by experiencing this can you understand the degree to which children give meaning to parents' lives.”

Frank Pittman (1935–2012) American psychiatrist

“The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.”

Julian of Norwich (1342–1416) English theologian and anchoress

“The greatest advantage in gambling lies in not playing at all.”

Girolamo Cardano (1501–1576) Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer

“I started life with two great advantages: no money, and good parents.”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician

“The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”

Henry Adams book The Education of Henry Adams

“I love to see two truths at the same time. Every good comparison gives the mind this advantage.”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman