Grandparents Quotes that Capture Their Endless Love and Wisdom

1. "When a child is born, so are grandmothers." — Judith Ellen Levy

2. "What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children." — Bill Cosby

3. "Sometimes our grandmas and grandpas are like grand-angels." — Lexie Saige

4. "You are the sun, Grandma, you are the sun in my life." — Kitty Tsui

5. "Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children." — Alex Haley

6. "Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap." — Doug Larson

7. "There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson." — Victor Hugo

8. "A child needs a grandparent, anybody's grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world." — Charles and Ann Morse

9. "Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete." — Marcy DeMaree

10. "When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window." — Ogden Nash

11. "The old are the precious gem in the center of the household." — Chinese Proverb

12. "If nothing is going well, call your grandmother." — Italian Proverb

13. "I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture." — Susan Strasberg

14. "The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy." — Sam Levenson

15. "Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric." — Pam Brown

16. "What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure." — Gene Perret

17. "Children brought up by their grandparents are generally spoiled." — Spanish Proverb

18. "Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet." — Unknown

19. "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

20. "Becoming a grandparent is a second chance. For you have a chance to put to use all the things you learned the first time around and may have made mistakes on. It's all love and no discipline. There's no thorn in the rose." — Joyce Brothers

21. "They say genes skip generations. Maybe that's why grandparents find their grandchildren so likable." — Joan McIntosh

22. "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

23. "There is nothing more wonderful than the love and guidance a grandparent can give his or her grandchild." — Edward Fays

24. "Every house needs a grandmother in it." — Louisa May Alcott

25. "One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather." — Joy Hargrove

26. "Truth be told, being a grandma is as close as we ever get to perfection. The ultimate warm sticky bun with plump raisins and nuts. Clouds nine, ten, and eleven." — Bryna Nelson Paston

27. "My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's 87 now, and we don't know where the heck she is." — Ellen DeGeneres

28. "I grew up with my grandparents around. I think that's important for a child. If for no other reason than to hear stories about their parents when they were children." — Al Roker

29. "To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word 'boo.'" — Robert Brault

30. "Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child's growth as vitamins." — Joyce Allston