Nicholas Sparks on Family
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Nicholas Sparks, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Nicholas Sparks, entry #75786: "...having children changes your life like nothing else. It'll be the hardest and best thing you've ever done."
Attributed to Nicholas Sparks, entry #32682: "Marriage is about compromise, it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to."
9 Quotes by Nicholas Sparks on Family
"...having children changes your life like nothing else. It'll be the hardest and best thing you've ever done."
"Marriage is about compromise, it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to."
"Marriage, each of them realized intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance, where one person complemented the other."
"I've come to believe that children live for the satisfaction of surprising their parents..."
"No, there's no experience quite like having children, and despite the challenges we once faced, I've considered myself blessed because of the family we created."
"...once she becomes a teenager...well, sometimes there's nothing you can do. With or without you, in the end, children grow up to become the people they were meant to be."
"So many people these days, it seemed, believed that these things could come only from work, not from parenting, and many people believed that having children had nothing to do with raising them."
"...there is the fact that having a child transforms the basic marriage relationship. No longer are you simply husband and wife, you are mother and father as well, and all spontaneity vanishes immediately."
"My point is simply that kids turn out okay as long as the parents are involved, no matter where they live. It's not like small towns have a monopoly on values. I mean, I'm sure if I did some digging, I'd find lots of kids that were in trouble here, too. Kids are kids, no matter where they live."