Best Grandparents Quotes

Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old.

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?

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.

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.

Leaders inspire us because they bring out the best in us.

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.

Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children.

Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren.

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.

An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.

On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles I can hear him when he and I were young. I am part of this child. It may be only because we share genes and that therefore smell familiar to each other.... It may be that a part of me lives in her in some important way.... But for now, it's jelly beans and 'Old MacDonald' that unite us.

I always give my grandkids a couple of quarters when they go home. It's a bargain.

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

Some of the world's best educators are grandparents.

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.