"A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it. " - Jerry Seinfeld
"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get." - H. Jackson Brown
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much."- Jackie Onassis Kennedy
"Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit." - Elizabeth Gilbert
"The rules for parents are but three... Love, Limit, and Let them be." - Elaine M. Ward
"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child." - Henry Ward Beecher
"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't." - Barbara Kingsolver
"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." - Elizabeth Stone
"Children make you want to start life over." - Muhammad Ali
"The soul is healed by being with children." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
"It is an amazing opportunity to be able to ruin someone from scratch." - Jon Stewart
“A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.” - François Rabelais
"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them." - Oscar Wilde
"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." - Angela Schwindt
I saved my personal favorite for last:
"Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being." - Kittie Franz
