Children Quotes

“Do not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.”

“The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise. Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway. This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.”

“Make for the children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. Let the children have their night of fun and laughter... resolved that by our daring, these same children shall not be denied their right to live in a free and decent world.”

“Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him!”

“There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.”

“The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.”

“Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say.”

“Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.”

“We fail our children if we say, 'Don't do as I do, but do as I say'.”

“A solid foundation for children involves a solid moral base”

“Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.”

“The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.”

“Kids don't make up 100 percent of our population, but they do make up 100 percent of our future.”

“Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.”

“Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear.”

“Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.”

“My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.”

“To raise positive kids, we as parents must identify the qualities necessary for success, convince our children that they have the potential for success, and show them how to stake their claims in life.”

“Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.”

“A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose.”

“With children Love is spelled TIME.”

“I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.”

“The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.”

“Children are all foreigners.”

“To a child, 'love' is spelled T-I-M-E.”