Grandchildren And Grandparents Quotes by Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, Ellen DeGeneres, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Lois Wyse, Sam Levenson and many others.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the hell she is.
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I’d like to say that grandparents are God’s gifts to children.
I like to do nice things for my grandchildren – like buy them those toys I’ve always wanted to play with.
Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.
When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture.
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
With your own children, you love them immediately – and with grandchildren, it’s exactly the same.
