Top 30 Grandparent Quotes. Memorable Quotes For Grandparents!
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
by Joe Waters
Whether you're a grandparent, parent, child or grandchild...these grandparent quotes will help you celebrate Grandparents Day and remember how special grandparents really are.
National Grandparents Day falls each year on the first Sunday after Labor Day. This often overlooked holiday is a wonderful time to remember, cherish and celebrate our grandparents.
30 Memorable Quotes About Grandparents
Grandparent Quote #1
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
Victor Hugo
Grandparent Quote #2
Grandparents make the world...a little softer, a little kinder, a little warmer.
Author Unknown
Grandparent Quote #3
Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories and love.
Author Unknown
Grandparent Quote #4
Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old.
Mary H. Waldrip
Grandparent Quote #5
Have children while you parents are still young enough to take care of them.
Rita Rudner
Grandparent Quote #6
An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.
Gene Perret
Grandparent Quote #7
Surely, two of the most satisfying experiences in life must be those of being a grandchild or a grandparent.
Donald A. Norberg
Grandparent Quote #8
Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child's growth as vitamins.
Joyce Allston
Grandparent Quote #9
Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.
Doug Larson
Grandparent Quote #10
No cowboy was ever faster on the draw than a grandparent pulling a baby picture out of a wallet.
Author Unknown
Grandparent Quote #11
The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.
Doug Larson
Grandparent Quote #12
They say genes skip generations. Maybe that's why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable.
Joan McIntosh
Grandparent Quote #13
Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.
Author Unknown
Grandparent Quote #14
On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.
Gene Perret
Grandparent Quote #15
The reason that grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Sam Levinson
Grandparent Quote #16
Something magical happens when parents turns into grandparents. Their attitude changes from "money-doesn't-grow-on-trees" to spending it like it does.
Paul Linden
Grandparent Quote #17
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
Margaret Mead
Grandparent Quote #18
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.
Mike Krzyzewski
Grandparent Quote #19
It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother - that's why the world calls her grandmother.
Author Unknown
Grandparent Quote #20
Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.
Gene Perret
Grandparent Quote #21
Grandparents are the footsteps to the future generations.
Author Unknown
Grandparent Quote #22
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
Alex Haley
Grandparent Quote #23
Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS.
Gene Perret
Grandparent Quote #24
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 Cart
Grandparent Quote #25
If I would have known that grandchildren were going to be so much fun I would have had them first
Bill Laurin
Grandparent Quote #26
Some of the world's best educators are grandparents.
Charles W. Shedd
Grandparent Quote #27
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Sam Levenson
Grandparent Quote #28
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
Welsh Proverb
Grandparent Quote #29
Grandchildren give us a second chance to do things better because they bring out the best in us.
Author unknown
Grandparent Quote #30
Do you know why grandchildren are always so full of energy? They suck it out of their grandparents.
Gene Perret
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Love it, and so true!
Great quotes! I had such an extraordinary relationship with my grandfather I wrote a book about him. I am going to share some of these quotes on my Facebook fan page! Thanks for posting them!
they were very very helpful
I'm a big fan of quotes. There's a lot to learn from them.
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