Children Quotes · Page 197

It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.

— Theodore Roosevelt

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

— Euripides

“some kids can't do drama because their life is a lie”

— Dmitry Dyatlov

Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.

— Ben Kingsley

I think that people are born with a certain makeup, and that we're all children of God.

— Barack Obama

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

— Cissy Houston

One thing vampire children are taught is, never run with a wooden stake.

— Jack Handey

When it comes to population control I'm doing my part by not having children.

— Anonymous

“I’m torn between wanting the absolute best for my daughter and being jealous that she has it so much better than I…

— Jill Smokler

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands…

— E. W. Howe

Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too.

— William Faulkner

“Imagine children watching as the Levites took down the tabernacle or put it up again. There was mystery as the Levites carried…

— Catherine Stonehouse

When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their…

— Mary Ruwart

I just want people to get off the back burner of their life and start to take better care of themselves and…

— Richard Simmons

“If your ever having a bad day, sit and talk to a child. You'll walk away with a hundred reasons to smile”

— Phil DuPont

“It always puzzled him, when he was a child, that a woman who wrote books for a living should be so bad…

— J.M. Coetzee

A lot of times, I think that what I do for a living has no integrity. 'Once Upon A Time' has changed…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father…

— Roger Mahony

“When Jesus was born, he was already the son of God. I was the daughter of someone who ran away, a big…

— Amy Tan

Since the conventional belief about human embryology is that genes control the development of the fetus, the mother's role in her child's…

— Bruce H. Lipton

“When children paint, they express their ideas rather than their perception, and when Picasso had recourse to such a technique, then that…

— Ingo F. Walther

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as…

— Adam Ant

Often when I go to home of people who have small children, the children will run from me, even though they have…

— Andre The Giant

Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view. You look at life's difficulties and tests as God looks at them.…

— Charles R. Swindoll

Raffi is arguably the world's most famous children's singer.

— Sheila Heti

All kids, I think, are creative, but they get it pounded out of them in school.

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

Working with UNICEF made me grow up and recognize how fortunate I am.

— Roger Moore

I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster.

— Marlee Matlin

“Everyone child of humanity deserves peace and freedom. It's in their DNA!”

— Timothy Pina

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.

— Robert Breault

The visions we offer our children shape the future.

— Carl Sagan

“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.”

— Peggy O'Mara

Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.

— Fred Rogers

I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.

— bell hooks

I love Celia Cruz - she was also a huge part of my childhood. She's an iconic woman.

— Lauren Jauregui

If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week.

— Timothy Keller

The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library

— Maya Angelou

My daughter criticizes me constructively. She gives me good and honest feedback.

— Arvind Swami

Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern,

— Maurice Sendak

Growing up, I was lucky. My dad always came home. I got a regular childhood.

— Kyle Schwarber