--- title: "21 Children Today Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 21 Children Today quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Children Today sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/timothy-pina-290_children_if-you-want-to-better-our-world-tomorrow_2581555.jpg" --- > [“If you want to better our world tomorrow...start empowering our children today!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-pina/if-you-want-to-better-our-world-tomorrow-start-empowering-our/) [Timothy Pina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-pina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/timothy-pina-290_children_if-you-want-to-better-our-world-tomorrow_2581555.jpg) > [“if we use how we were taught yesterday to teach our children today, we are not preparing them well for tomorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-siegel/if-we-use-how-we-were-taught-yesterday-to-teach-our-children-today-we/) [Daniel J. Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-siegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/daniel-j-siegel-13364_children_if-we-use-how-we-were-taught-yesterday-t_190580.png) > [My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-morton/my-mind-boggles-at-the-amount-of-violence-inflicted-upon-children-in/) [Samantha Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-morton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/samantha-morton-12880_amount_my-mind-boggles-at-the-amount-of-violenc_2180730.jpg) > [Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-devos/too-many-children-today-are-trapped-in-schools-that-don-t-work-for/) [Betsy DeVos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-devos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/betsy-devos-7178_children_too-many-children-today-are-trapped-in-s_3068743.jpg) > [“We no longer get work out of our children; today we get meaning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-perel/we-no-longer-get-work-out-of-our-children-today-we-get-meaning/) [Esther Perel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-perel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/esther-perel-3265_children_we-no-longer-get-work-out-of-our-childre_1833858.png) > [Children today know more about sex than I or my father did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/children-today-know-more-about-sex-than-i-or-my-father-did/) [Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/bill-cosby-720_children_children-today-know-more-about-sex-than_541823.jpg) > [The children of today are the builders of a brave, new world - a world without want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-vaswani/the-children-of-today-are-the-builders-of-a-brave-new-world-a-world/) [Dada Vaswani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-vaswani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/dada-vaswani-19669_brave_the-children-of-today-are-the-builders-o_1426836.jpg) > [“What are the lessons intended in the stories we tell to our children today?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-d-gonsalves/what-are-the-lessons-intended-in-the-stories-we-tell-to-our-children/) [Gloria D. Gonsalves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-d-gonsalves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/gloria-d-gonsalves-6235_children_what-are-the-lessons-intended-in-the-sto_2780873.jpg) > [There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azim-premji/there-are-millions-of-children-today-who-don-t-attend-school-however/) [Azim Premji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azim-premji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/azim-premji-4082_children_there-are-millions-of-children-today-who_1967577.png) > [Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriela-mistral/many-things-can-wait-children-cannot-today-their-bones-are-being/) [Gabriela Mistral](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriela-mistral/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/gabriela-mistral-21705_blood_many-things-can-wait-children-cannot-tod_2164715.jpg) > [Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-funicello/most-original-viewers-of-the-mickey-mouse-club-didn-t-face-the-crush/) [Annette Funicello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annette-funicello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/annette-funicello-16828_children_most-original-viewers-of-the-mickey-mous_3067467.png) > [You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/you-know-nothing-is-more-important-than-education-because-nowhere-are/) [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/arnold-schwarzenegger-657_children_you-know-nothing-is-more-important-than_10651.jpg) > [“Ben Says: To all of the children of today...Work hard & study well. You can be me...because I was once you! Education will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-pina/ben-says-to-all-of-the-children-of-today-work-hard-study-well-you-can/) [Timothy Pina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-pina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/timothy-pina-290_bullying_ben-says-to-all-of-the-children-of-today_2697033.jpg) > [Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/children-today-will-grow-up-taking-for-granted-that-an-african/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/hillary-clinton-51_african-american_children-today-will-grow-up-taking-for-g_2940876.jpg) > [The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-sacks/the-world-we-build-tomorrow-is-born-in-the-stories-we-tell-our/) [Jonathan Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-sacks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/jonathan-sacks-2788_born_the-world-we-build-tomorrow-is-born-in-t_2148342.png) > [To the children of yesterday, who have grown up and become parents, and to the children of today, who perhaps shout 'Tottigol,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesco-totti/to-the-children-of-yesterday-who-have-grown-up-and-become-parents-and/) [Francesco Totti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesco-totti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/francesco-totti-21967_career_to-the-children-of-yesterday-who-have-gr_190795.jpg) > [The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive...It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-leisure-time-of-children-must-be-constructively-directed-to/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/ezra-taft-benson-443_children_the-leisure-time-of-children-must-be-con_1187304.jpg) > [Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/children-today-are-tyrants-they-contradict-their-parents-gobble-their/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/socrates-405_children_children-today-are-tyrants-they-contradi_2592625.jpg) > [Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bennet/our-ability-to-compete-for-the-jobs-of-tomorrow-depends-above-all-on/) [Michael Bennet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bennet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/michael-bennet-10791_ability_our-ability-to-compete-for-the-jobs-of-t_3099597.jpg) > [Hurtful words said to your children today, will stay in their memory forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/hurtful-words-said-to-your-children-today-will-stay-in-their-memory/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/anonymous-1_children_hurtful-words-said-to-your-children-toda_3149591.jpg) > [You can make children believe whatever you want, and the children of today are the soldiers and mothers of tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dudley-nichols/you-can-make-children-believe-whatever-you-want-and-the-children-of/) [Dudley Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dudley-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/dudley-nichols-43950_believe_you-can-make-children-believe-whatever-y_261949.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children-today/#itemlist", "name": "Children Today Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you want to better our world tomorrow...start empowering our children today!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Timothy Pina" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-pina/if-you-want-to-better-our-world-tomorrow-start-empowering-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/timothy-pina-290_children_if-you-want-to-better-our-world-tomorrow_2581555.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/timothy-pina-290_children_if-you-want-to-better-our-world-tomorrow_2581555.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/timothy-pina-290_children_if-you-want-to-better-our-world-tomorrow_2581555.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you want to better our world tomorrow...start empowering our children today!” — Timothy Pina", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“if we use how we were taught yesterday to teach our children today, we are not preparing them well for tomorrow.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel J. 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