Child Quotes · Page 143

Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

You want to do everything you can so your child has every tool to succeed.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

When you have a child, you have to have a hawk eye. You have to be with the child all the time.

— Manoj Bajpayee

“Sometimes I would like to be a child again, and other times a woman made of snow.”

— Deirdre Sullivan

Some parents find it difficult to understand that children are Growing Up and not Growing Down.

— Terry Mark

Having kids makes you think about the world differently.

— Tony Fadell

When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy.

— Bertrand Piccard

What better can parents and children give to each other than respectful, understanding attention.

— Richard L. Evans

The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born,…

— Roald Dahl

If kids can have some sort of social responsibility, that's cool. But if they're not actually having social responsibility, and they're kind…

— Diplo

“Conscious parenting is not about being perfect, it's about being aware. Aware of what your kids need from you to reach more…

— Alex Urbina

Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better…

— Andie MacDowell

As every successful parent learns, one way to encourage good behavior, from room-cleaning to tooth-brushing, is to make it fun. Not surprisingly,…

— Richard Thaler

“I know that," the Kid says smartly. "Some people are just not meant to be together. But that doesn't mean you can't…

— T.J. Klune

the most important thing one can do for children is not accept the limitations they are so willing to impose on themselves.

— Ruth Simmons

If a child has been able in his play to give up his whole loving being to the world around him, he…

— Rudolf Steiner

The message you give your children when you discipline with love is I care too much about you to let you misbehave.…

— Anonymous

“INTENSITY A Summary Intensity is the driving force behind the strong reactions of the spirited child. It is the invisible punch that…

— Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

“Still, the facts are always there. Every teacher, every parent, every priest who serves this kind of neighborhood knows what these inequalities…

— Jonathan Kozol

“When I have kids I will largely follow how my parents raised me, because, like everyone else on the planet, I think…

— Mindy Kaling

“We're constantly judging and grading other parents, just to make sure that they aren't any better than us. I'm as guilty as…

— Drew Magary

In the first three years of life, the foundations of physical and also of psychic health are laid. In these years, the…

— Maria Montessori

“Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. Everything is fascinating and holds their attention as they explore their new surroundings.…

— James A. Murphy

Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and…

— Robert Breault

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.

— Holly Near

“If children don’t push the edges now and again, what’s the point of being a child?”

— J.D. Robb

...there is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants.

— Derren Brown

“The children imitating the cormorants, Are more wonderful Than the real cormorants”

— Kobayashi Issa

Our children are like mirrors, they reflect our attitudes in life.

— Anonymous

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

— Doug Larson

“Our children are ever both joy and bane, are they not?”

— Carole Cummings

Nothing about human beings ever had the power to move me as a child. Black Beauty now ... !

— Nancy Mitford

It's interesting to think that my children know more about the process than many mature critics.

— William Monahan

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.

— Nina Bawden

When I was a child, I had it in my head to play in the Champions League and win it.

— Lucas Moura

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

— Anthony Horowitz

“That girl is a grade one a-hole with a severe attitudinal problem.”

— Wild Child

An honest man is always a child. [Lat., Semper bonus homo tiro est.]

— Socrates

I could be an extrovert but I was also this anxious, introverted child.

— Rebecca Front

“I’m a kid at heart, and that is the very thing without which I would not have a heart.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough