Child Quotes · Page 150

not only have children most certainly a right to their own ambitions, but their own lack of ambitions.

— Cornelia Parker

I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.

— Kristy Swanson

Every child is a greedy child, I think. I mean, it's healthy to be a greedy child.

— Michael Leunig

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

— Quincy Jones

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

— Mignon McLaughlin

It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

— Brendan Coyle

As a young child, I suffered all sorts of digestive problems and was constantly under the weather.

— Jameela Jamil

Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.

— Evan Esar

You can't make the kid feel like he just made three mistakes in a row and you're pumping him up. No. There's…

— Matt Nagy

“As parents we have a tendency to overprotect; it's okay to try and show them all positives but we cannot forget that…

— Johnnie Dent Jr

Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last…

— Joseph Addison

For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present…

— Anna Getty

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.

— Neil Patrick Harris

“Here is what I say to the children who are our future: never underestimate how denial and a good old-fashioned mild learning…

— Dan Kennedy

It's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want…

— Debbie Reynolds

Often Times We Hate Our Parents For Bragging With Things We Didn't Want To Do. But There Is One Thing We Must…

— Pacifiersucker

“phenomenon. For the child to feel full he must first feel empty, to feel helped the child must first feel in need…

— Gordon Neufeld

“Children learn best from the adults they love. They watch carefully to see how you handle your strong emotions. Most of us,…

— Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

“Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established…

— Jay E. Adams

“A Credo for Parents of Spirited Children 1. You’re not alone. According to the personality research 10 to 15 percent of all…

— Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

“Family-centered parents do not have the emotional freedom, the power, to raise their children with their ultimate welfare truly in mind. If…

— Stephen R. Covey

When I first started playing the banjo and miraculously fell into a record deal in Nashville, TN, there was a period when…

— Abigail Washburn

Every parent worries for their child, but I do worry that he's all right, and happy and stable, and that I've done…

— Heather Small

The vast majority of things parents and kids get in conflict over are highly predictable. We're disagreeing about the same expectations the…

— Ross W. Greene

The child lives in the book; but just as much the book lives in the child.

— Elizabeth Bowen

It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children.

— Edward Zigler

“Sorry, pigtails, but subtlety isn't an option anymore.”

— T. A. Miles

Children will grow up substantially what they are by nature--and only that.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

— Harper Lee

Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They're its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.

— Anna Quindlen

As parents we all have that underlying guilt about how much time we give to our careers.

— Chris Harris

A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.

— Kate Middleton

What its children become, that will the community become.

— Suzanne La Follette

I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

— Maeve Binchy

Young people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource.

— Nicholas Negroponte

That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The lovers of life, they are children at heart always in their wonder and delight, but they do not grab.

— Elizabeth Goudge

I arrived in this country as a refugee child with my sister and my mother.

— Noma Dumezweni

When you are surrounded by children, the child in you comes back.

— Celine Dion

For every child that is born, it brings with it the hope that God is not yet disappointed with man.

— Rabindranath Tagore