150 Grandparents Quotes to Warm Your Heart and Remind You of Who Loves You the Most

Time to rip off the band-aid: No one will love you nor think you are perfect as much as your grandparents do. And let's be real: No one will ever cook as well as your grandparents, forgive you as quickly (if they even believe you have a single flaw, to begin with), nor be as thrilled to hang out with you as your grandma and grandpa (or mema and pepaw, grandmama and granddaddy, momma and poppy—you get the idea). These grandparents quotes will warm your heart and remind you to call them—we bet they're going to be delighted to hear from you!

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Grandparents Quotes

1. “If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.”

2. “Something magical happens when parents turn into grandparents.”

3. “Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.” — Margaret Mead

4. “Being a grandparent means you can be as silly as you want to be.”

5. “Some of our greatest blessings call us 'grandma' and 'grandpa.'”

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6. “Love is the greatest gift that one generation can leave to another.” — Richard Garnett

7. “Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven’t thought of yet.”

8. “When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.” — Ogden Nash

9. “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

10. “Grandparents are a treasure in the family. Please, take care of your grandparents: love them and let them talk to your children!” — Pope Francis

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11. “A grandparent is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.”

12. "Grandparents are, without a doubt, some of the world’s best educators." — Charles W. Shedd

13. “A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” — Erma Bombeck

14. “Grandparents are always being told that they are living history to their grandchildren, that they give the children the reassurance of their roots. For me and many grandmothers I have talked to, it works the other way as well. They give us continuity.” — Ruth Goode

15. “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.”

16. “I know you’ve loved me since I was born, but I’ve loved you my whole life.”

17. “Grandfathers are just antique little boys.”

18. “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

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19. “Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.”

20. “There are no words to describe the happiness in holding your baby’s baby.”

21. “Grandchildren don’t make a man feel old; it’s the knowledge that he’s married to a grandmother.” — G. Norman Collie

22. “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.” — President Jimmy Carter

23. “As you are now so once were we.” — James Joyce

24. "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

25. “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, 10, and 11.” — Bryna Nelson Paston

26. “Uncles and aunts, and cousins, are all very well, and fathers and mothers are not to be despised; but a grandmother, at holiday time, is worth them all.” — Fanny Fern

27. “A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.” — Charles and Ann Morse

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28. “Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.” — Allan Frome

29. “My grandfather was a wonderful role model. Through him, I got to know the gentle side of men.” — Sarah Long

30. “The best parents get promoted to grandparents.”

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31. "Grandparents are the perfect blend of love, laughter, and happy memories."

32. “The smart, kind, beautiful child must have got it from their grandparents.”

33. “To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word 'boo.'” — Nicholas Brault

34. “The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.” — Dave Barry

35. “One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.” — Joy Hargrove

36. “It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother — that’s why the world calls her grandmother.”

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

38. “Most grandmas have a touch of the scallywag." — Helen Thomson

39. “Grandparents are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re there.”

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

41. “The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.” — Sam Levenson

42. “Never have children, only grandchildren.” — Gore Vidal

43. “An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly.” — Gene Perret

44. “Grandpas always have time for you when everyone else is too busy.”