Andrea Navedo Quotes

I personally don't resent having my children.

When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

My children are the most important thing in my life.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective.

I will never regret being there for my children, watching them, making sure they'll be okay. But I might regret not being there for them.

My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could.

My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.

You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.

I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.

What keeps me going is my children.

Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

Fatherhood didn't just happen to me. I am deliberately living it, re-imagining it, and rediscovering it every day. It is as beautiful as I make it, just like anything else in life.

The strength it takes to love, mold, and nurture a child should be honored every single day.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

I tell people all the time, 'As long as my kids are doing good, I'm gonna be alright.'

I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.

No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.