Child Quotes · Page 74

You can't raise a child to believe the opposite of what you do.

— Cassandra Clare

I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.

— Marcia Gay Harden

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.

— Anonymous

I don't have the desires of a spoiled child. I never did.

— Princess Stephanie of Monaco

Children don't make judgments about which details are important... a child captures them all.

— Rohinton Mistry

There were three terrible ages of childhood - zero to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.

— Cleveland Amory

I always knew that I was kind of bored; the regular life of a child didn't fit me.

— Christina Ricci

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

— Jim Butcher

Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant…

— Maria Montessori

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies…

— Anne Frank

“As with a child, to commune with Athena demands a level of openness and intuition greater than that used in the usual…

— Sy Montgomery

When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that…

— Jamie Bell

I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in…

— Margaret O'Brien

Parenting is meant to be just a natural part of life. You just think you know how to do it but, of…

— Essie Davis

Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life.…

— Kim Basinger

“It reminded me of how children always thought too big; how the world tackled and chiseled them to keep them safe.”

— Lorrie Moore

“Friends are more than your special loved ones – in certain cases. Because of their support in certain matters, you get inspired.…

— Jonathan Page Acabo

I have no doubt that over the years my children will find plenty of things about me to criticize. But something tells…

— Joyce Maynard

It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental…

— Midge Decter

Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the…

— C. Sommerville

“It's funny because when you're a child, you believe you can be anything you want to be, go wherever you want to…

— Cecelia Ahern

Unfortunately, some parents simply don't love their children. Probably they don't even love themselves. That may be the heart of their problem.…

— David Viscott

My form is more on the lines of a Chinese porcelain-jar juggler. They learn it as a child. They learn, learn, learn,…

— Michael Moschen

Mothers, take time to be a real friend to your children. Listen to your children, really listen. Talk with them, laugh and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Children don't have hearts yet, not really. They haven't been hurt into the need for one.”

— John Logan

“To be in charge as a parent means inspiring your children to motivate themselves.”

— Hal Edward Runkel

A child learns lessons in life more from his unhappy parents than his happy ones.

— Vikrant Parsai

It seems a bit weird to call someone your girlfriend when you have a child.

— Jason Isaacs

“First you be a hero and then raise your child to be a hero.”

— Amit Kalantri

You can have a wife - you can have a child or children - and be a rock n' roller.

— Shawn Crahan

IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE

— Thomas A. Edison

Kids will use their own system at the stage that they are, they're not (learning merely by) imitating you.

— Jean Berko Gleason

There is nothing so humbling as being a parent to young children!

— Joe Kennedy III

“I would like people to stop pressuring children to make friends. Friendships can’t be artificially created.”

— Naoki Higashida

As parenting goes, knowing the whereabouts of one's children is pretty fundamental.

— Katie Hopkins

Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.

— Jennifer Aniston

There's nothing I liked visually of the period I was a child. There was no dream in it, and nothing sparkled.

— Christian Louboutin

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

— Martin O'Malley

When you have children, that's when your relationship really gets tested.

— Andrew Gurland

If you are agitated, children tend to think that they have done something wrong.

— Sonali Bendre