Child Quotes · Page 100

Everyone wants their children to go to school, to have a job, a roof over their head, feed their children.

— Charley Boorman

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To teach children to be critical thinkers, confident in being who they are, active learners and happy.

— Anonymous

“I don't think kids are any crueler than adults. I just think kids are less adept at disguising their cruelty.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

— Shawn Amos

Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.

— Kailash Satyarthi

“...they speak like melted butter and their children speak like footsteps on pavement...”

— Isabel Wilkerson

That most sensitive, most delicate of instruments -- the mind of a little child!

— Henry Handel Richardson

Babies grow so fast take the time to enjoy watching them grow. Being a parent means being selfless and realizing its not…

— Anonymous

Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their…

— Christopher Moore

“The greatest legacy a father can leave for his children before he departs is PEACE, otherwise his properties will go in PIECES…

— Israelmore Ayivor

As a child, I dreamed that my bed could fly and glide and swoop and hover high over the countryside near my…

— Michael Leunig

People watched launches and tears ran down their faces, and then their kids would go jump into an encyclopedia or look online…

— Victor J. Glover

Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be WWE Champion. I've been in love with sports-entertainment for my entire…

— David Otunga

the temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“But Nita had always seen having a child as selfish. Why bring another soul into this world, she'd say, when there are…

— Ramez Naam

“Children should also be taught that success and fulfillment come from inside, and it is only inside that matters. Each of us…

— Deepak Chopra

I've come to realize that making it your life's work to be different than your parents is not only hard to do,…

— Paul Reiser

“Sometimes Naomi marvelled at how much [children] seemed to know, how their chatter and play landed nearly square on adult matters of…

— Paul Elwork

Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also…

— Viswanathan Anand

I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but…

— Jonathan Kozol

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

My father loved me so much that he did not want me to be a laborer or anything. I dont know if…

— Joe Pesci

“So while I drove my little and planned his fantasy night of how I was going to give Otter the key to…

— T.J. Klune

As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.

— Yves Rossy

“A modern child could teach old Hepzibah more than old Hepzibah could teach the child.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

— Jane D. Hull

If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent.

— Geoffrey Canada

The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent.

— Vera Farmiga

Every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child

— Anonymous

Children always understand. They have open minds. They have built-in shit detectors.

— Madonna

I always enjoyed sport. I was a bit of a wild child, to be honest, and just loved running around.

— Kiki Dee

“It doesn’t take a lot to be able to let go of your child. It takes everything.”

— Fredrik Backman

There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.

— Pat Conroy

“You must be committed to your children first. Otherwise, they will receive the leftovers.”

— Lorilyn Roberts

“You won't get love from a child if you don't give love.”

— P.D. James

Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.

— Anonymous

Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child.

— John Lasseter

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

— Robin Roberts

I don't think any child could really be happy between five and eight away from their parents

— Tina Louise