They are the ones who kept your parents in their tummy for 9 months; they are the ones who held your parents as an infant in their hands; they are the ones who brought them up, saw them getting married, and then saw them going through the same parent phase that they went through years ago to have them. It’s a whole big recursive river of emotions in itself, nostalgia and a new baby of their own grown-up baby and the new baby is also kind of similar to their baby. We cannot really blame them if they love and spoil you to death. So here are the best and adorable Grandparents Quotes and Sayings that will make you hug, call and miss them right now.
Do grandparents feel déjà vu when they hold their grandchildren? Do they feel years younger and do they feel that life is happening all over again? Maybe, and it sounds like a nice warm feeling. They are the ones who teach us life changing home hacks, share important life experiences, narrate bedtime stories, feed us too much and love us very much.
And we are here to bring to you the best words about these experienced old people who become like a baby again with their grandkids, here are the best Grandparents Quotes and Sayings, read on:
Grandparents Quotes
- “Young people need something stable to hang on to – a culture connection, a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future. Most of all, they need what grandparents can give them.” – Jay Kesler
- “The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.” – Sam Levenson
- “Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-the mother.” – Claudette Colbert
- “Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.” – Margaret Mead
- “Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of yet.” – Gene Perret
- “Surely, two of the most satisfying experiences in life must be those of being a grandchild and or a grandparent.” – Donald A Norber
- “No one … who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly realize what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents.” – Suzanne La Follette
- “A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.” – Charles and Ann Morse
- “Becoming a first-time grandparent is similar to becoming a parent, but so much more fun.” – Unknown
- “What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I’d like to say that grandparents are God’s gifts to children. And if they can but see, hear and feel what these people have to give, they can mature at a fast rate.” – Bill Cosby
- “In the presence of grandparent and grandchild, past and future merge in the present.” – Margaret Mead
- “There is nothing more wonderful than the love and guidance a grandparent can give his or her grandchild.” – Edward Fays
- “No cowboy was ever faster on the draw than a grandparent pulling a baby picture out of a wallet.” – Unknown
- “In our culture, when the parents are having a tough time, the grandparents take care of the kids.” – Shannon Sharpe
Meaningful Grandparents Quotes
- “In this huge old occidental culture our teaching elders are books. Books are our grandparents!” – Gary Snyder
- “A grandparent is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” – Unknown
- “When she smiles, the lines in her face become epic narratives that trace the stories of generations that no book can replace.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones
- “Blessed are those who spoil and snuggle, hug and hope, pray and pamper, for they shall be called grandparents.”
- “If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have had them first.” – Lois Wyse
- “Grandparents hold our hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.”
- “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.” – Rudy Giuliani
- “They say genes skip generations. Maybe that’s why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable.” – Joan McIntosh
- “Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.” – Allan Frome
- “Grandparents are both our past and our future. In some ways they are what has gone before, and in others they are what we will become.” – Fred Rogers
- “To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- “If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers.” – Linda Henley
- “Grandparents are voices of the past and the door to the future. They provide us with the wisdom from a lifetime of experience that should never be undervalued.”
- “It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace.” – Christopher Morley
- “You will never look back on life and think, ‘I’ve spent too much time with my grandchildren.’”
- “Grandparents should play the same role in the family as an elder statesman can in the government of a country.” – Geoff Dench
- “I believe in the value of life. I believe we must prepare our children for tomorrow with the family values of my grandparents.” – Ryan Zinke
- “Parents do the best they can. But my parents are better grandparents than they were parents.” – Teri Hatcher
- “Something magical happens when parents turn into grandparents. Their attitude changes from ‘Money-doesn’t-grow-on-trees’ to spending it like it does.” – Paul Linden
- “You are the sun, Grandma, you are the sun in my life.” – Kitty Tsui
- “Grandparents are like magicians. They can create wonderful memories for their grandchildren out of thin air.”
- “I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture.” – Susan Strasberg
- “The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” – Sam Levenson
- “I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I’ll be very happy.” – Caroline Kennedy
- “Grandparents can be very special resources. Just being close to them reassures a child, without words, about change and continuity, about what went before and what will come after.” – Fred Rogers
Loving Grandparents Quotes
- “Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories and love.” – Unknown
- “If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.” – Regina Brett
- “You never know the love of a grandparent until you become one.” – Unknown
- “Grandparents are a treasure in the family. Please, take care of your grandparents: love them and let them talk to your children!” – Pope Francis
- “The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods.” – Dave Barry
- “Grandparents are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re there.” – Unknown
- “Unconditional positive regard is rarely given by anyone except a grandparent.” – Unknown
- “Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” – Alex Haley
- “Kisses, cuddles, cookies, and treats, days spent with our grandparents are always so sweet.” – Unknown
- “I’m really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.” – Melanie Laurent
Short Grandparents Quotes
- “The best parents get promoted to grandparents.” – Unknown
- “If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.” – Italian proverb
- “When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.” – Ogen Nash
- “Some of the world’s best educators are grandparents.” – Dr. Charlie W. Shedd
- “A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside.” – Unknown
- “Grandmas and grandpas are grand-angels.” – Terri Guillemets
- “I’m not spoiled. I’m just well taken care of by my grandparents.” – Spanish proverb
- “Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child’s growth as vitamins.” – Joyce Allston
- “Unconditional positive regard is rarely given by anyone except a grandparent.” – Unknown
- “I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.” – Ronnie Milsap
Conclusion
Can you think of some people that can love you as much as your parents? At the first thought, maybe no, but when you think about it in depth, your grandparents. Yes, you are the kids of their kids. And they love you maybe even more than they loved their own kids. So go hug them right now if you can and give them all your love.
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