Happy Grandparents Day: Poems

Proverbs

African

"If you know his father and grandfather, don't worry about his son."

"The motherless child will suckle the grandmother."

Chinese

"The old are the precious gem in the center of the household."

"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root."

German

"Even the devil's grandmother was a nice girl when she was young."

Indian

"The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather's."

Irish

"You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was."

Italian

"If nothing is going well, call your grandmother."

Jewish

"One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world."

"When you have a grandchild, you have two children."

Sioux

"A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass."

Spanish

"Children brought up by their grandparents are generally spoiled."

"Those who have no grandparents lose very much."

Traditional

"Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs."

"A good man will have wealth to leave his grandchildren."

"Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children."

Welsh

"Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild."