Children Quotes · Page 217

“God’s word guarantees our victory, instead of shame, he gives His children victory”

— Sunday Adelaja

War, like children's fights, are meaningless, pitiless, and contemptible.

— Rumi

I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him.

— George Carlin

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

— Liya Kebede

There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.

— Kenan Thompson

“To be a human being is to be a child of God”

— M. Bartolo-Abela

It's great meeting children because you never know what they will say.

— Roddy Doyle

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.

— Samantha Morton

I have plans to send my little daughter and son into dancing because I'd love for them to enjoy it too.

— Kelvin Fletcher

Having disciples is in the end like having children, only not with love but with self-love preeminent.

— Louis Kronenberger

“The lactase-prolonging mutations conferred an enormous advantage on their owners, letting them leave ten times more surviving children than those without the…

— Nicholas Wade

I'd like to think I've overcome. I was not a person that was supposed to survive New York City, that was ever…

— Shawn Colvin

“Cheer up, my dear," said Rose, leaning affectionately on her husband's arm; "it is altogether addition and not subtraction; you have not…

— Martha Finley

“I think that's why they have so many religious freaks in the airports...they even keep the flowers behind the counter. 'Go, go…

— Paula Poundstone

My daughter, when she was younger, was crazy about 'The X-Files,' so I'd watch that with her.

— Scott Bakula

I read so ravenously that I would read through whole categories. I was crazy about reading biographies. [...] I think biographies are…

— Joan Didion

...when I came back, I found Mom sobbing at the kitchen table...Then I asked her what had happened. 'Nothing,'she said. 'I was…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“It’s so dark that I can hear the sea better than I can see it. Shhhhh, Shhhhh, it says, like I’m a…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“You and your entire world have changed me, pulling me further and further from myself. I am not proud of it. She…

— Kiersten White

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do…

— Erma Bombeck

Our task is to educate our children's whole being so they can face the future and make something of it. To achieve…

— Ken Robinson

Is there someone who passively watches his children growing up? We constantly and maximally invest ourselves into our children to realize our…

— Ruben Papian

I guess there are some rights of parents with what they choose their children to learn, but I'm biased in favor of…

— Richard Dawkins

I was one of six children, brought up by my mother in Swindon after my father died. We had all we needed…

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

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

— Nina Bawden

I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything.

— Wangechi Mutu

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

I think all parents know this is a lot of responsibility... looking after children.

— Ayesha Takia

“The children of the night; what sweet music they make...when they're in tune!”

— Solomon J. Inkwell

For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.

— Eric Sevareid

We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?

— Plato

Know me broken by my master. Teach thee on child of love hereafter.

— Alice In Chains

Children love cupcakes and so do I - a good one makes the perfect afternoon pick-me-up.

— Rachel Khoo

Teach your sweet child to leave the beautiful flowers in the soil.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

— Isabel Allende

Fulfilling your ultimate childhood wish is a surreal experience.

— James Haskell

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

— Rebecca Front

I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter.

— Izabella Scorupco

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

— Socrates