Child Quotes · Page 89

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

— Robert Fulghum

“To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to ever be a child.”

— David J. Henderhan

Bring up your children in the way you think other peoples children should go.

— Vikrant Parsai

An advantage of having one child is you always know who did it.

— Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz

Children will imitate their fathers in their vices, seldom in their repentance.

— Charles Spurgeon

In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Children are often Spoiled... Because no one will Spank Grandma...

— Anonymous

A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.

— William Howard Taft

Now that you've grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world,…

— Ben Harper

The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what…

— Isabel Allende

“Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk to me about money and what it can buy.…

— V.C. Andrews

The best that a parent can be... A demonstrator... A consistent, constant demonstrator of being in your own Vortex.

— Esther Hicks

“Make no mistake, every child has his own light, no matter how difficult or defiant or unlikeable he or she might seem.”

— Nancy Rose

People who I've encountered who have had more given to them, they tend to be more disappointed and unable to carry on…

— Hong Chau

One important lesson is this: It is okay to try and fail at something, but it isn't okay to not try. Parents…

— Bill Rancic

“Lift up your eyes from your books, from your past, from your hurts and look upon all people with love, because when…

— Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D

“Directly or indirectly, we owe these kids the responsibility of letting them know that they are loved, and that despite the barrage…

— Oche Otorkpa

At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which…

— Kevin Barry

There are all sorts of challenging conversations as a parent and it's never easy. I think the main thing is trying to…

— Archie Manning

Children have the strangest adventures without being troubled by them. For instance, they may remember to mention, a week after the event…

— Anonymous

I loved reading Grimm's fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersen, and I loved to dream about other worlds and other lives. Maybe…

— Lauren Bacall

We sometimes observe that spoiled children contract a habit of annoying quite wantonly those who have charge of them, and seem tomeasure…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Children are the product of their parents, and crappy or nonexistent parenting skills load down a child with baggage that’s no fault…

— Kimberly Belle

You tell your kids that no matter what, you set your goals and you go for them. Whatever it is you achieve,…

— Joel Parkinson

I believe we have an utterly unique specimen on our hands: a child who listens.

— Catherynne M. Valente

Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.

— Maurice Sendak

There is no more powerful advocate than a parent armed with information and options.

— Rod Paige

Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.

— Dimitar Sasselov

Different parents have different standards for their children.

— Penelope Spheeris

Kids are as discerning as adults, if anything they are quicker and clearer in knowing what they like.

— Jesse Armstrong

If we design the environment properly, it will permit child and man to develop safely and to behave logically.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers.

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.

— Katharine Hepburn

As a child, I was mischievous and an attention-seeker, so acting came naturally to me.

— Paresh Rawal

“Children do not dwell on the ordinary harshness of life, even as they suffer through it.”

— Vahan Zanoyan

Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.

— Austin O'Malley

When you're breastfeeding a child, you don't have the same retention as you do when you're not.

— Vera Farmiga

Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.

— Caroline Pratt

Active play contributes to strong bones and adventurous play is vital for mental and emotional development.

— Michaela Strachan

Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.

— Paulo Coelho