Children Quotes · Page 89

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.

— Kirk Douglas

Every parent wants their child to do better than they do.

— Steve Doocy

I've always wanted to have children and become a father, without question.

— Kelvin Fletcher

I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me.

— Geraldo Rivera

The best thing I can recommend is to listen to your child. I really mean that.

— Ken Jeong

First you have to teach a child to talk, then you have to teach it to be quiet.

— Jurgen Prochnow

“A world without books is like a playground without children. Natasha Johnstone”

— Natasha Johnstone

When it comes to the education of our children... failure is not an option.

— George W. Bush

When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.' My dad…

— Chet Atkins

But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large…

— Lucy Stone

Children are wonderful, but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better…

— LZ Granderson

There's no way you can imagine going from kids in high school to being the best band in the world.

— David Bryan

Kids are constantly evolving, learning, and growing. They aren’t who they were yesterday.

— Rachel Vail

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

— Bill Gates

“Sylvie's children really only came into focus for her when in isolation. Together, they were an unwieldy flock, singly they had character.”

— Kate Atkinson

People ask me how I've raised three children as a single parent but honestly, parenting has been a breeze.

— Reham Khan

Rich meanings of the prophet-Spring adorn, Unseen, this colourless sky of folded showers, And folded winds; no blossom in the bowers; A…

— Alice Meynell

“She may not be able to teach the baby how to cook, but she could teach the child how to shoot a…

— Kathleen Brooks

What I'm asking people to do is to look at their lives, wherever they may be. I mean, you may be a…

— Lewis Pugh

What we need is an education system that works for every child, not a select few. This starts with providing a quality…

— Marc Veasey

I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, youre a massive egomaniac,…

— Rupert Graves

In the spangled sky, the rainbow, the woodland hung with diamonds, the sward sown with pearly dew, the rosy dawn, the golden…

— Thomas Guthrie

The only person you can control in a relationship is you. Avoid men who have a bunch of children by a bunch…

— Mercy Pheona

We certainly noted that when given the opportunity, women handle money more efficiently. They have long term vision, they manage money more…

— Muhammad Yunus

I wasn't a child star, so hopefully I can keep my head on straight.

— Ellar Coltrane

Being a child star is great. It's being a former child star that sucks.

— Danny Bonaduce

My kids are part of the rest of my community and my wider family.

— Ilhan Omar

Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer's daughter.

— Julius H. Comroe, Jr

All kids have tremendous talents — and we squander them pretty ruthlessly.

— Ken Robinson

I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future.

— Cate Blanchett

My kids act all the time and it's exactly what I used to do.

— Stephen Rea

As parents, you want to try to mitigate your children's pain.

— Busy Philipps

It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.

— Malala Yousafzai

The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky

— Anonymous

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

— Marianne Williamson

It’s disgusting that some focus on looks. I brought a beautiful child into this world.

— Tia Mowry

Hope is born again in the faces of children.

— Maya Angelou

I made a different decision to send my children to the local state school.

— Johann Lamont

Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver.

— Mary Karr

“The most sensitive,the most delicate of instruments is the mind of a little child ”

— Henry Handel Richardson