Whether you’re looking for grandparent quotes for Grandparents Day, Mothering Sunday, Mother’s Day, or Father’s Day, you’ll find lots of lovely quotes here. Maybe you want a quote for a card or a scrapbook page. Or maybe you just want some comfort and inspiration.
I have quotes here about grandparents, grandmothers, and grandfathers. I’m not including quotes about being a grandparent. I’ll save those for another post.
Grandparent Quotes
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“A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.” Charles and Ann Morse
“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
“Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.” Margaret Mead
“I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight.” Ariana Grande
“I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture.” Susan Strasberg
“Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories, and love.” Author Unknown
“A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside.” Author Unknown
“If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.” Regina Brett
“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
“Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.” Jimmy Carter
“Grandparents should play the same role in the family as an elder statesman can in the government of a country. They have the experience and knowledge that comes from surviving a great many years of life’s battles and the wisdom, hopefully, to recognise how their grandchildren can benefit from this.” Geoff Dench
“Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child’s growth as vitamins.” Joyce Allston
“No spring, nor summer hath such grace. As I have seen in one autumnal face.” John Donne
“Some of the world’s best educators are grandparents.” Charles W. Shedd
“The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.” Sam Levenson
“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
“Grandparents are a family’s greatest treasure, the founders of a loving legacy, The greatest storytellers, the keepers of traditions that linger on in cherished memory. Grandparents are the family’s strong foundation. Their very special love sets them apart. Through happiness and sorrow, through their special love and caring, grandparents keep a family close at heart.” Author Unknown
“No one … who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly reaslise what good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents.” Suzanne La Follette
“Unconditional positive regard is rarely given by anyone except a grandparent.” Author Unknown
“Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” Alex Haley
“Grandparents make the world … a little softer, a little kinder, a little warmer.” Author Unknown
“Grandma and Grandpa, tell me a story and snuggle me with your love. When I’m in your arms, the world seems small and we’re blessed by the heavens above.” Laura Spiess
“Grandparents make the world … a little softer, a little kinder, a little warmer. Author Unknown
“Grandmas and grandpas are grand-angels.” Terri Guillemets
Grandmother Quotes
“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” Ellen DeGeneres
“A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” Erma Bombeck
“A house needs a grandma in it.” Louisa May Alcott
“Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.” Author Unknown
“A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television.” Author Unknown
“We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.” Phyllis Theroux
“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.” Proverb
“Grandmothers are voices of the past and role models of the present. Grandmothers open the doors to the future.” Helen Ketchum
“A grandmother is a safe haven.” Suzette Haden Elgin
“When it seems the world can’t understand, your grandmother’s there to hold your hand.” Joyce K. Allen Logan
“A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” Author Unknown
“There’s no place like home except Grandma’s.” Unknown
“You are the sun, grandma, you are the sun in my life.” Kitty Tsui
“Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.” Marcy DeMaree
“It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace.” Christopher Morley
“She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.” Madeline L’Engle
“Grandmas don’t just say ‘that’s nice’ — they reel back and roll their eyes and throw up their hands and smile. You get your money’s worth out of grandmas.” Author Unknown
“It’s impossible for a grandmother to understand that few people, and maybe none, will find her grandchild as endearing as she does.” Janet Lanese
“Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.” Author Unknown
“Grandmother — a wonderful mother with lots of practice.” Author Unknown
“A grandma’s heart is a patchwork of love.” Author Unknown
“A garden of love grows in a grandmother’s heart.” Author Unknown
Grandfather Quotes
“A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart.” Author Unknown
“My grandfather was a giant of a man … When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky.” Eth Clifford
“Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things.” Author Unknown
“One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.” Joy Hargrove
“There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.” Victor Hugo
“My grandfather was a wonderful role model. Through him I got to know the gentle side of men.” Sarah Long
“I’m going to be your grandpa! / I have the biggest smile. / I’ve been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while.” Billy Crystal
“To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word ‘boo.'” Robert Brault
“A man’s maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child, at play.” F. W. Nietzsche
“The best place to be when you’re sad is Grandpa’s lap.” Author Unknown
“Grandpas always have time for you when everyone else is too busy.” Author Unknown
“I’m the twinkle in my Grandpa’s eye….” Author Unknown
What is your favorite grandparent quote?
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Parents are our first god but our grandparents are god’s god. Thanks for sharing this wonderful post.
Thank you for sharing these awesome quotes. Grandparents are really awesome to their grandkids. They don’t expect much, but just pure love.
I enjoy quotes… and these are great. Grandparents are precious and not so appreciated in our culture that worships youth… so it is nice to read these that honor them. Thank you.
Hi Deb,
Second time reading your post!
I looked for grandparent quotes for Grandparents Day but unfortunately i was unable to find out the best one quotes to post on my facebook page but i have now found out here some amazing quotes. will use in next looking for grandparent quotes for Grandparents Day, 2018 .