Inspirational Quotes for New Parents

Here are some encouragements to keep on, keeping on.

• A new baby is like the beginning of all things, hope, a dream of possibilities. ~ Anonymous

• 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

• When that kid looks into your eyes and you know it’s yours, you know what it means to be alive. ~ Anonymous

• A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ~ Frank A. Clark

• Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old! ~ May Sarton

• But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. ~ Carson McCullers

• That most sensitive, most delicate of instruments -- the mind of a little child! ~ Henry Handel Richardson

  {Jeff Marchant 2007}

• Every baby born into the world is a finer one of the last. ~ Charles Dickens, the father of 10 children

• There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings. ~ Hodding Carter, Jr.

• Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a newborn child? ~ Dorothy Nolte

• What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp. ~ Marjorie Holmes
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• I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my little child. ~ Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer and philosopher

• We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him. ~Polly Berrien Berends

• A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ~ Frank A. Clark

• All babies need a lap. ~ Anonymous

• It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into. ~ Terri Guillemets

Every parent needs a pick-me-up once in a while.

Use these inspirational quotes for new parents to encourage, embolden, and amuse as you begin on your path of parenthood.

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