Children Quotes · Page 1,276

“When our e-motions are not mirrored and named, we lose contact with one of our vital human powers. Parents who are out…

— John Bradshaw

“Most of my married friends now have children, the rewards of which appear to be exclusively intangible and, like the mysteries of…

— Tim Kreider

I'm a big proponent of open adoption, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the…

— Kathleen Hanna

“You seem to have this strange image of me as a lost child, like I've just been thrown on the side of…

— Dot Hutchison

Realize the tremendous spiritual power and beauty of the life of Christ, and try to live as he lived. Christ had no…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

When it comes to business, I am a woman, and when it comes to relationships, I am a child. I just haven't…

— Drew Barrymore

I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

“A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every…

— N. Eldon Tanner

The question of world peace, the question of family peace, the question of peace between wife and husband, or peace between parents…

— Dalai Lama

When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind…

— Gretchen Carlson

I eventually made the reunion with my father that I'd used as a default daydream throughout my childhood, but by then, we'd…

— Mona Simpson

“Oh hours of childhood, when behind each shape more than the past appeared and what streamed out before us was not the…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems…

— Robert Casey

One thing that happens often times in family life is that people think maybe the challenge you are having with a child…

— Michele Bachmann

I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree.…

— Anonymous

“Parents should learn to stop nagging their children about how well they could do “if you only tried more, or cared more.”…

— Sydney J. Harris

I just like the child's nightmares and therapy, once an experience has found the light of day I'm no longer under its…

— Beth Orton

Fantasy has a better chance of lasting than a lot of other things. The Hobbit and the Narnia books, they seem to…

— Stephen King

“Bohemians. These Bohemians, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams, and their seven children, Biff, Tina, Sparky, Louise, Tuffy, Mickey, and Biff Number Two,…

— Steve Martin

Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value.…

— Vidya Balan

All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“And at last Man raised on high the final glory of his civilization, the towering edifice of the ultimate city. Softly beneath…

— Lord Dunsany

“Here. Here, listen to this. “‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in…

— Fauna Hodel

“Children turn, and must turn, against their parents, and the parents can do nothing about it, for they are subject to a…

— Emil M. Cioran

We have enshrined in our founding documents and promoted the fundamental truth, all around the world, that the rights of all men,…

— Marco Rubio

There is no book-learning culture in Cambodia. People do not read. The children do not read in school. Educators must come up…

— Rithy Panh

“We teach them not to notice the different sense of the possessive pronoun .. . Even in the nursery a child can…

— C.S. Lewis

For many years, people would say, "Only child? Must have been terrible," and I wanted to say, "You are mentally ill, because…

— John Hodgman

Saints are like trees. They do not call to anyone, neither do they send anyone away. They give shelter to whoever cares…

— Anandamayi Ma

I understand from what the Lord has revealed to us through the prophets that people are his greatest concern. We are his…

— Paul H. Dunn

It's very important to put children in an environment where they can take things apart; where they can break things and then…

— Hope Jahren

Parents, teach your children to express themselves. Teach them to be in touch with their emotions, to speak honestly to people, and…

— Jeff Bryant

“As long as there had been eleven babies, they should have been so accustomed to children that they needn't all of them…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

My true inspirations are my kids and my husband. I'm also inspired by stories of my extended family, friends, and even strangers…

— Trista Sutter

War is not a computer-generated missile striking a digital map. War is the color of earth as it explodes in our faces,…

— Zainab Salbi

“Arhys would have protected you from this choice, as a father would a beloved child. Arhys is wrong in this. I give…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture…

— Anthony Browne

And if you're going to be a leader, you know what I ask myself? Would I want to work for you in…

— Jamie Dimon

Hope is a merciless tormentor. It's the sound of trickling water to parched lips. The prospect of love to the unlovable. A…

— Robert Liparulo

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe