--- title: "26 Children Die Quotes by 25 authors" description: "Browse 26 Children Die quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Children Die sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/neil-hilborn-35029_change_happy-people-don-t-make-history-happy-pe_1497687.jpg" --- > [“Happy people don't make history. Happy people make children, then die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-hilborn/happy-people-don-t-make-history-happy-people-make-children-then-die/) [Neil Hilborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-hilborn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/neil-hilborn-35029_change_happy-people-don-t-make-history-happy-pe_1497687.jpg) > [You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not educated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-jolie/you-know-more-children-die-under-the-age-of-five-when-the-parents-are/) [Angelina Jolie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-jolie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/angelina-jolie-468_age_you-know-more-children-die-under-the-age_2023878.jpg) > [“How much blood will it take to make them stop? How many more children must die?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brom/how-much-blood-will-it-take-to-make-them-stop-how-many-more-children/) [Brom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/brom-9075_blood_how-much-blood-will-it-take-to-make-them_178005.jpg) > [I'm only seven, although I died In Hiroshima long ago, I'm seven now as I was then - When children die, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet-2/i-m-only-seven-although-i-died-in-hiroshima-long-ago-i-m-seven-now-as/) [Naz?m Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/naz-m-hikmet-2-30073_children_i-m-only-seven-although-i-died-in-hirosh_2239182.png) > [Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-d-kristof/every-year-3-1-million-indian-children-die-before-the-age-of-5-mostly/) [Nicholas D. Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-d-kristof/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/nicholas-d-kristof-4679_age_every-year-3-1-million-indian-children-d_334231.png) > [Children die every day because millions of us tell ourselves that caring is just as good as doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wong/children-die-every-day-because-millions-of-us-tell-ourselves-that/) [David Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/david-wong-1098_caring_children-die-every-day-because-millions_2227498.png) > [I like to tell young people - you know one in four children die by their own hands - no matter how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lurlene-mcdaniel/i-like-to-tell-young-people-you-know-one-in-four-children-die-by/) [Lurlene McDaniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lurlene-mcdaniel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/lurlene-mcdaniel-9790_bad-thing_i-like-to-tell-young-people-you-know-one_1888422.png) > [450,000 Iraqi children have died from starvation and lack of medicine as a result of our embargo. If you believe God loves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-elliott/450-000-iraqi-children-have-died-from-starvation-and-lack-of-medicine/) [Jane Elliott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-elliott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/jane-elliott-38005_believe_450-000-iraqi-children-have-died-from-st_2236281.png) > [In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-williams/in-a-world-that-we-know-can-feed-itself-upwards-of-40-000-children/) [Betty Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/betty-williams-26444_allowing_in-a-world-that-we-know-can-feed-itself_2150473.png) > [What is disgraceful and outrageous is that 18,000 children die of hunger every day, every one of them a preventable death. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/what-is-disgraceful-and-outrageous-is-that-18-000-children-die-of/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/john-powell-12850_children_what-is-disgraceful-and-outrageous-is-th_3071913.png) > [“Because of high infant mortality—even in the nineteenth century, it was not uncommon for 20 percent of children to die before age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-cannon-gibney/because-of-high-infant-mortality-even-in-the-nineteenth-century-it/) [Bruce Cannon Gibney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-cannon-gibney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/bruce-cannon-gibney-13055_children_because-of-high-infant-mortality-even-in_2903456.jpg) > [“But children die how they have been living-with hope. They don't what is happening, so they expect nothing, they don't ask you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-a-obreht/but-children-die-how-they-have-been-living-with-hope-they-don-t-what/) [Téa Obreht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-a-obreht/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/t-a-obreht-11276_children_but-children-die-how-they-have-been-livi_1049794.png) > [“Studies have shown that fathers of murdered children often die within a few years of the murder, often of heart failure. Really,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/studies-have-shown-that-fathers-of-murdered-children-often-die-within/) [William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/william-landay-7878_children_studies-have-shown-that-fathers-of-murde_926239.png) > [“The lives of the thirty thousand children who die of starvation each day is like 6 september 11ths every single day, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/the-lives-of-the-thirty-thousand-children-who-die-of-starvation-each/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/shane-claiborne-960_children_the-lives-of-the-thirty-thousand-childre_2450502.png) > [Children are our crop, our fields, our earth. They are birds let loose into darkness. They are errors renewed. Still, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/children-are-our-crop-our-fields-our-earth-they-are-birds-let-loose/) [James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/james-salter-2584_accepting_children-are-our-crop-our-fields-our-ear_1545089.jpg) > [Children die day by day. They starve. Get abused. Die. People fight cancer weeks on end. They fight. They fight. They fight.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hope/children-die-day-by-day-they-starve-get-abused-die-people-fight/) [Amber Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/amber-hope-1905_children_children-die-day-by-day-they-starve-get_1970611.jpg) > [“The snow’s red and littered with undersized body parts. Many of the children die immediately, but others lie in agony on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-snow-s-red-and-littered-with-undersized-body-parts-many-of-the/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/suzanne-collins-60_children_the-snow-s-red-and-littered-with-undersi_1724602.jpg) > [“Obviously, children die every day, and it is surely conceivable to every one of us that one of our children will pre-decease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-overington/obviously-children-die-every-day-and-it-is-surely-conceivable-to/) [Caroline Overington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-overington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/caroline-overington-52474_children_obviously-children-die-every-day-and-it_964388.jpg) > [Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can only propose to diminish, arithmetically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/children-will-still-die-unjustly-even-in-a-perfect-society-even-by/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/albert-camus-47_children_children-will-still-die-unjustly-even-in_2337681.jpg) > [Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/of-those-who-die-from-avoidable-poverty-related-causes-nearly-10/) [Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/peter-singer-1001_causes_of-those-who-die-from-avoidable-poverty_2432611.jpg) > [When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/when-our-children-die-we-drop-them-into-the-unknown-shuddering-with/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/henry-ward-beecher-175_children_when-our-children-die-we-drop-them-into_319500.png) > [“The snow’s red and littered with undersized body parts. Many of the children die immediately, but others lie in agony on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/the-snow-s-red-and-littered-with-undersized-body-parts-many-of-the-2/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/suzanne-collins-60_children_the-snow-s-red-and-littered-with-undersi_2979917.jpg) > [When a jumbo jet crashes, we will rush in with assistance, but we forget that each day 30,000 children die unnecessarily from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-mkapa/when-a-jumbo-jet-crashes-we-will-rush-in-with-assistance-but-we/) [Benjamin Mkapa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-mkapa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/benjamin-mkapa-65904_assistance_when-a-jumbo-jet-crashes-we-will-rush-in_2516814.jpg) > [Children who die young are some of our greatest teachers. We are allowed to die when we have taught what we came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/children-who-die-young-are-some-of-our-greatest-teachers-we-are/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_children_children-who-die-young-are-some-of-our-g_2260750.png) > [You never see a child die from education on TV. But make no mistake about it: children die from lack of education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-sperling/you-never-see-a-child-die-from-education-on-tv-but-make-no-mistake/) [Gene Sperling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-sperling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/gene-sperling-73329_about_you-never-see-a-child-die-from-education_1253715.jpg) > [I find the fact that more than 750,000 children still die every year around the world because of severe dehydration due to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-clinton/i-find-the-fact-that-more-than-750-000-children-still-die-every-year/) [Chelsea Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/chelsea-clinton-3614_around_i-find-the-fact-that-more-than-750-000-c_1075499.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children-die/#itemlist", "name": "Children Die Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Happy people don't make history. 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