40 Beautiful Quotes About Raising Sons

Personally, I never had a son. But I still wanted to compile a list of quotes about raising sons for all of my fellow parents who do! This list has quotes with multiple different themes, and includes quotes about both moms and dads raising their boys.

Thought-Provoking Quotes About Raising Sons

1. “Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That’s hard enough.” – Robert Downey Jr
2. “Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example rather than his advice.” – Charles F. Kettering
3. “Men are what their mothers made them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.” – The Talmud
5. “It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Johann Schiller
6. “Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.” – Louisa May Alcott
7. “As the mother of a son, I do not accept that alienation from me is necessary for a discovery of himself. As a woman, I will not cooperate in demeaning womanly things so that he can be proud to be a man. I like to think the women in my son’s future are counting on me.” – Letty Cottin Pogrebin
8. “There is more to a boy than what his mother sees. There is more to a boy than what his father dreams. Inside every boy lies a heart that beats. And sometimes it screams, refusing to take defeat. And sometimes his father’s dreams aren’t big enough, and sometimes his mother’s vision isn’t long enough. And sometimes the boy has to dream his own dreams and break through the clouds with his own sunbeams.” – Ben Behunin
9. “Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.” – Terri Guillemets
10. “How can we expect our boys to become powerful, successful, and complete men if we ourselves don’t possess or act on the tools and the know-how to take them there?” – Eric Davis

Funny Quotes About Raising Sons

1. “That’s what children are for – that their parents may not be bored.” – Ivan Turgenev
2. “Here’s what I’ve learned about raising boys… if you keep ’em busy, they’re fine. You let ’em get bored, they’ll dismantle your house board by board.” – Kenny Rogers
3. “The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.” – Lane Olinghouse
4. “Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.” – Plato
5. “A small son can charm himself into, or out of, most things.” – Jenny de Vries
6. “Handprints on the cupboards and shoes in the hall. Toilet seat’s up and there’s mud on the wall. The shelves in the kitchen are continually bare. There’s toys on the couch, and jeans on the chair. Wrestling and mud and cars and noise; I’m sure you guessed, I’m the parent of boys.” – Unknown
7. “Little boys bring you just to the brink of insanity before gently easing you off the ledge with a sweet kiss and laughter from a perfectly timed fart.” – Unknown
8. “I don’t know what’s more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early or acting like you know what you’re doing.” – Jim Gaffigan
9. “Having kids is like living in a zoo – every day is an adventure, and you never know what you’re going to see next.” – Unknown
10. “The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.” – Sandra Bullock

Inspirational Quotes About Raising Sons

1. “The years will rush by, and one day you will be watching your son as a man, and feeling incredibly proud that he is caring, safe, making a contribution, and hopefully going far beyond you in the scope of his life.” – Steve Biddulph
2. “Sometimes when I need a miracle, I look into my son’s eyes, and realize I’ve already created one.” – Unknown
3. “The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.” – Sarah Shahi
4. “There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly in the next eighteen years.” – James C. Dobson
5. “Until you have a sun of your own, you will never know what that means. You will never know the joy beyond joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.” – Kent Nurbern
6. “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” – Sophocles
7. “Little boys can test your patience, run you ragged, and make you want to pull your hair out. But they will also melt your heart with just one look, and make you wonder how you ever existed before them.” – Katie Bingham Smith
8. “Sons are born to make their fathers better men.” – Mekael Shane
9. “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.” – Shannon L. Alder
10. “I cannot be more grateful for the things that I have because I love my son and I have him.” – Unknown

Quotes Of Advice About Raising Sons

1. “One of the greatest gifts you can give your teenage boy is the gift of letting him know you get it. You’ve been there.” – Sebastian R. Jones
2. “Making a conscious effort to allow and even orchestrate opportunities for your son to accomplish tasks away from your watchful eye will allow him to develop his courage and his ability to make decisions.” – Rhonda Stoppe
3. “If you would have your son to walk honorably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.” – Anne Bronte
4. “Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t soar free.” – C.J. Milbrandt
5. “Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.” – Chinese Proverb
6. “You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons, and if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your eyes.” – Walter M. Schirra Jr
7. “If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.” – Bruce Barton
8. “If you are going to help your son, you first need to show support and appreciation for the person he is, so you can build that person up.” – Clayton Lesser
9. “When your son grows up, become his brother.” – Arabic Proverb
10. “Have a little faith in your sons. This journey will be the making of them.” – C.J. Milbrandt

Final Thoughts

I hope you enjoyed this list of quotes! And if you’d like to read more content related to parenting, running a house, or managing a home… Please consider checking out some of my other articles. Such as this list of books on gentle parenting.