Child Quotes · Page 174

I'm the seventh child among eight siblings and have always had a gift for art.

— Brahmanandam

The adult works to improve his environment while the child works to improve himself.

— Maria Montessori

There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

— Anthony Horowitz

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

— Chris Cleave

“Trying to rewrite the past was a child's game, a pointless, ridiculous child's game no one ever won.”

— Sabrina Jeffries

Most parents feel traditional professional courses will give their children a stable future.

— Amala Akkineni

Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.

— Nathanael West

I was a happy child, just 9 years old, and I knew nothing about war.

— Phan Thi Kim Phuc

The arguments about parents being too permissive and kids growing up without superegos are not based on fact. Our research tells us…

— Lawrence Kohlberg

I'll teach my kids right from wrong, but I'm never going to teach them that they can't have fun. They'll make mistakes;…

— Louise Nurding

“When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they’re not really concerned about him;…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next…

— Brian Greene

Educate yourself. Understand what you're dealing with. Then figure out how to fight it. Then figure out how to raise money for…

— Boomer Esiason

“This is what we need from our parents, more than the truth about how small we are. We will have more than…

— Wendy Walker

As a parent, do the right thing and you don't get in trouble. If you lead a charmed life, you better act…

— Leigh Anne Tuohy

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their…

— Delia Ephron

“The Complexities Of Life Caused By Bad Government Administration, Leadership, Parental Abuse And Mistakes Can Make A Child More Matured Than Their…

— Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo

I have often been struck by the fact that most parents who are experiencing positive and rewarding relationships with their pre-adolescent children…

— Albert Bandura

Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is…

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these…

— Marjane Satrapi

Nothing is more important to our shared future than the well-being of children. For children are at our core - not only…

— Hillary Clinton

“Conversation is how values get ordered, how passion is made contagious. If a parent talks about it, it's important. If a child…

— Robin R. Meyers

A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“If you complain about how you spend your Saturdays taking your kid to birthday parties, that means you are taking your kid…

— Jim Gaffigan

There was no such thing as child abuse. Parents owned their children. They could do whatever they wanted.

— Ellen Burstyn

I first came to China as a child on a visit with my family in 1978.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.

— Madhur Mittal

They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline.

— Kelly Preston

Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.

— Roald Dahl

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

— Chinese Proverbs

People are just up tight because the kids are having fun and they didn't have the same freedom.

— John Lennon

Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance.

— Steve Erickson

Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.

— Kailash Satyarthi

“The hope for our future blooms in the heart of every child.”

— Marie Cornelio

All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.

— Lilian Katz

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

— Francois Rabelais

Never scold or beat a child until he starts asking you questions whose answers you are unable to give.

— Vikrant Parsai

Having a child on the way changes your perspective. You want to do things that will make them proud of you.

— Holly Madison

She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.

— Jodi Picoult

Often times with what we do, the time we get to spend with our children is limited.

— Sean Payton