Child Quotes · Page 85

One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.

— Alison Gopnik

The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.

— Nipsey Hussle

I must have been an insufferable child; all children are.

— George Bernard Shaw

Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency.

— Jon Krakauer

To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

— L. Frank Baum

When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression.

— Lemn Sissay

There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out.

— Andy Andrews

If any of us had a child that we thought was as bad as we know we are, we would have cause…

— Will Rogers

From a tourist's point of view, you finally have time to travel, but you need to spend your time looking after your…

— Guo Guangchang

There's this mythology that parents are supposed to be parents 24/7 and are supposed to be completely fulfilled by their kids. That's…

— Julia Cameron

“Children do not find fault with their parents until later. In the beginning, the love you get is the love that sets.”

— Jeanette Winterson

I have a great relationship with animals, and with children. I get to their level. I try to see the way a…

— Story Musgrave

So many people have said to me that when you become a school parent, it is like going back to school yourself.…

— Liane Moriarty

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and…

— Ben Berger

From the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are…

— Kevin Whately

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

— Maria Montessori

“Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the…

— Anonymous

All people, even one's own children, come with baggage. When they're little, you have to help them carry it. But when they…

— Lucille Clifton

“Children learn from the world through doing, touching, experiencing; adults on the other hand, tend to take in the world through their…

— Jennifer Senior

Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace…

— Ban Ki-moon

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to…

— Anonymous

“Finally Anna picked up the letters again, searched through them, fastened her eyes on Katri, and said, "This is wrong! Here you're…

— Tove Jansson

“What we rarely see receive is a picture of adulthood that represents it as the ideal it should be. (...) What better…

— Susan Neiman

“But we left camp after a while and we was driving in a real spooky place cause all the roads up near…

— Timothy Victor Richardson

They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to.

— Margaret Atwood

Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good.

— Katherine Anne Porter

The child is an inner possibility, the possibility of renewal.

— Marie-Louise von Franz

When your children are an option rather than a priority, prepare yourself for the consequences.

— Nishan Panwar

Parents 1 Jobs are to be Positive Role Models for their children.

— Anonymous

“Parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.”

— Bill Cosby

I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

— Anonymous

“Our children want more than presents, that want our PRESENCE.”

— Heather Schuck

Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I see a child, then I look and see a woman who should be turning 60.

— LeAnn Rimes

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Childhood may do without a grand purpose, but manhood cannot.

— J. G. Holland

I'm a poster child for Luddites. It was a challenge for me to open myself up the tech world.

— Julia Butterfly Hill

Treat your children like the blessings they are or don't have them at all.

— John Kennedy

If you don't believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children.

— Thomas Sowell

“‎The struggle of maturity is to recover the seriousness of a child at play.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

If you can help a child, you don't have to spend years repairing an adult.

— Joyce Meyer