--- title: "Best Children Quotes by Anne Lamott" description: "50 Children quotes by Anne Lamott. Plus more from Anne Lamott and more Children sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/anne-lamott-188_break_one-thing-i-know-for-sure-about-raising_286820.png" --- > [One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline… But also every single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/one-thing-i-know-for-sure-about-raising-children-is-that-every-single/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/anne-lamott-188_break_one-thing-i-know-for-sure-about-raising_286820.png) > [Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/every-woman-s-path-is-difficult-and-many-mothers-were-as-equipped-to/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/anne-lamott-188_children_every-woman-s-path-is-difficult-and-many_3067936.png) > [A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/a-priest-friend-of-mine-has-cautioned-me-away-from-the-standard-god/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/anne-lamott-188_childhood_a-priest-friend-of-mine-has-cautioned-me_2582310.jpg) > [I suspect that he was a child who thought differently than his peers, who may have had serious conversations with grown-ups, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-suspect-that-he-was-a-child-who-thought-differently-than-his-peers/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/anne-lamott-188_accepted_i-suspect-that-he-was-a-child-who-though_3186790.png) > [You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-ve-got-to-learn-to-let-go-and-let-your-children-fall-and-fail-if/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/anne-lamott-188_aids_you-ve-got-to-learn-to-let-go-and-let-yo_2793368.png) > [Having a child as a single mother was a crucible - maybe this is true for all parents. I got rid of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/having-a-child-as-a-single-mother-was-a-crucible-maybe-this-is-true/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/anne-lamott-188_airplane_having-a-child-as-a-single-mother-was-a_2855815.jpg) > [Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me,' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/here-are-the-two-best-prayers-i-know-help-me-help-me-help-me-and/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/anne-lamott-188_best-prayer_here-are-the-two-best-prayers-i-know-hel_1708994.jpg) > [Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/clutter-and-mess-show-us-that-life-is-being-lived-tidiness-makes-me/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/anne-lamott-188_animation_clutter-and-mess-show-us-that-life-is-be_1844005.png) > [Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/let-s-think-of-reverence-as-awe-as-presence-in-and-openness-to-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/anne-lamott-188_awe_let-s-think-of-reverence-as-awe-as-prese_2343216.jpg) > [You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-want-to-protect-your-child-from-pain-and-what-you-get-instead-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/anne-lamott-188_children_you-want-to-protect-your-child-from-pain_1144669.jpg) ## Other authors on Children - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maria-montessori-63631.jpg) Maria Montessori 233 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/maria-montessori/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 162 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/barack-obama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 105 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jodi-picoult-50321.jpg) Jodi Picoult 105 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/jodi-picoult/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 96 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-jackson-67189.jpg) Michael Jackson 85 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/michael-jackson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 83 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maurice-sendak-65771.jpg) Maurice Sendak 75 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/maurice-sendak/) ## More by Anne Lamott > [What an incredible drug fear is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/what-an-incredible-drug-fear-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-guess-he-ll-have-to-figure-out-someday-that-he-is-supposed-to-have/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/it-s-funny-where-we-look-for-salvation-and-where-we-actually-find-it/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/why-couldn-t-jesus-command-us-to-obsess-over-everything-to-try-to/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/publication-is-not-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be-but-writing-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/your-problem-is-how-you-are-going-to-spend-this-one-odd-and-precious/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/and-yet-i-do-believe-there-is-ultimately-meaning-in-the-chaos-and/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/raising-a-child-whether-or-not-it-is-yours-is-like-nautilus-of-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-heard-a-preacher-say-recently-that-hope-is-a-revolutionary-patience/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-think-perfectionism-is-based-on-the-obsessive-belief-that-if-you/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [All criticism hurts me. I'm so in the wrong business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/all-criticism-hurts-me-i-m-so-in-the-wrong-business/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/we-are-going-to-die-as-is-everyone-we-adore-i-hate-this-but-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You will go through your life thinking there was a day in second grade that you must have missed, when the grown-ups came in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-will-go-through-your-life-thinking-there-was-a-day-in-second/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You begin to string words together like beads to tell a story. You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-begin-to-string-words-together-like-beads-to-tell-a-story-you-are/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You lose the known package of your nice organized self almost instantly here. Overeating is one way back, the way it is at funerals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-lose-the-known-package-of-your-nice-organized-self-almost/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/anne-lamott/#itemlist", "name": "Best Children Quotes by Anne Lamott", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline… But also every single day a kid needs a break.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/one-thing-i-know-for-sure-about-raising-children-is-that-every-single/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/anne-lamott-188_break_one-thing-i-know-for-sure-about-raising_286820.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/anne-lamott-188_break_one-thing-i-know-for-sure-about-raising_286820.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/anne-lamott-188_break_one-thing-i-know-for-sure-about-raising_286820.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline… But also…” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. 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A woman I know says, for her morning prayer, 'Whatever,' and then for the evening, 'Oh, well,' but has conceded that these prayers are more palatable for people without children.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/here-are-the-two-best-prayers-i-know-help-me-help-me-help-me-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/anne-lamott-188_best-prayer_here-are-the-two-best-prayers-i-know-hel_1708994.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/anne-lamott-188_best-prayer_here-are-the-two-best-prayers-i-know-hel_1708994.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/anne-lamott-188_best-prayer_here-are-the-two-best-prayers-i-know-hel_1708994.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me,' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' A…” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/clutter-and-mess-show-us-that-life-is-being-lived-tidiness-makes-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/anne-lamott-188_animation_clutter-and-mess-show-us-that-life-is-be_1844005.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/anne-lamott-188_animation_clutter-and-mess-show-us-that-life-is-be_1844005.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/anne-lamott-188_animation_clutter-and-mess-show-us-that-life-is-be_1844005.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended…” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow, wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burned-down house! Look at that red sky!’ And the child points, and you look, and you see, and you start going, ‘Wow! Look at that huge crazy hedge! Look at that teeny little baby! Look at the scary dark cloud!’ I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Lamott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/let-s-think-of-reverence-as-awe-as-presence-in-and-openness-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/anne-lamott-188_awe_let-s-think-of-reverence-as-awe-as-prese_2343216.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/anne-lamott-188_awe_let-s-think-of-reverence-as-awe-as-prese_2343216.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/anne-lamott-188_awe_let-s-think-of-reverence-as-awe-as-prese_2343216.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child…” — Anne Lamott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that grace is freely given, the truth is that sometimes you pay for it through the nose. 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