Grandchildren And Grandparents Quotes

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

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln
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.
Jimmy Carter
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.
Ellen DeGeneres
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
Lois Wyse
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Sam Levenson
We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.
Phyllis Grissim-Theroux
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
Gore Vidal
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
Lewis Mumford
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
Ralph Ellison
What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I’d like to say that grandparents are God’s gifts to children.
Bill Cosby
I like to do nice things for my grandchildren – like buy them those toys I’ve always wanted to play with.
Gene Perret
Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.
William Osler
When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
Ogden Nash
I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture.
Susan Strasberg
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
Victor Hugo
With your own children, you love them immediately – and with grandchildren, it’s exactly the same.
Kevin Whately