Upbringing Quotes

I belong to a family of boys who were raised in meager circumstances in central Kansas, and every one of us earned our way as we went along, and it never occurred to us that we were poor, but we were.

In the transformation from a rural to an urban society, children are - though they might not agree - robbed of the opportunity to do genuinely responsible work.

One circumstance that helped our character development: we were needed. I often think today of what an impact could be made if children believed they were contributing to a family's essential survival and happiness.

Give me good mothers and I will give you a good nation.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

I grew up in Chicago, but I spent a lot of time down in Kentucky, and Kentucky was about 20 years behind the life that was in Chicago.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

I come from this really small town near Nashville, Tennessee, where everything was la-di-da and normal.

I never had, like, a nanny that took care of me. My mom always fed me breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

That background helped me a lot, because it taught me to fend for myself from a very early age, and to be responsible. It was an upheaval of an upbringing, which seems to have worked, I guess.

My parents were very strict. They thought boarding school would do me good. So, when I was about seven, I was put in one in India for a while.

I grew up in Denton, east Manchester, and was raised by my late father, Reg, a barber.

Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.

My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.

New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.

Tupac the son of the Black Panther, and Tupac the rider. Those are the two people inside of me. I was raised off those ideals.

I'm a reflection of the community.

Of course I'm going to say 'I'm a thug,' that's because I came from the gutter and I'm still here!