“A friend of ours, the wife of a pastor at a church in Colorado, had once told me about something her daughter,… — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
When a child is born, I once explained to the kids, some dads lay down bottles of wine for them that will… — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A very important part of writing for children is appearing at book festivals, and in libraries and schools. An important part of… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
“You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“Writing: such has been my crime ever since I was a small child. To this day writing remains my crime. Now, although… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Always take the time to show compassion for those less fortunate, and there are many. Take the time to help a young… — Jack Lambert Copy Share Image
The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The way to truth lies through the destruction of the false. To destroy the false, you must question your most inveterate beliefs.… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
“Like so many doctors,” Rieff recalls, “he spoke to us as if we were children but without the care that a sensible… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Unbeknownst to a lot of us, our children actually listen to just about everything we say and, even more so, watch everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My kids haven't watched one episode of 'Growing Pains'. I'll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
“More than a third of deaths in children under five happen during the first month of life (about four million babies). Breastfeeding… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
It is the way a father holds his child's hand that makes his child feel safe. It is the way a father… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The young child asked, “Which one will win the fight?” And the grandfather replied, “Whichever one you feed.” If we replay and… — Kathy Obear Copy Share Image
We can develop a social vaccine (Self-esteem). We can outgrow our past failures - our lives of crime and violence, alcohol and… — John Vasconcellos Copy Share Image
“Teachers were not allowed to beat children as they did in the past, although, Mma Ramotswe reflected, there were some boys-and indeed… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“...As a child he had gone out for Halloween as a mummy, a vampire, a blue-and-green-swolen drowned boy, all kinds of sufferings… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“Jessica Stone. The Jessica Stone. My costar. As in, indie film poster child, beloved by the internet for being sexy and cute… — Ashley Poston Copy Share Image
“The earth’s surface is over 70 percent covered in water, and sometimes I wonder about a drop of water resting on my… — Tsh Oxenreider Copy Share Image
It is only in folk tales, children's stories, and the journals of intellectual opinion that power is used wisely and well to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“There was something that charmed her in the fact that her brother, the one true worldling in the whole tribe of Boughtons,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The true meaning of America, you ask? It's in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman's badge, in the sound of laughing children,… — Audie Murphy Copy Share Image
I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all… — Peter Brimelow Copy Share Image
“Mr. Zweig always encouraged his friends to set down their reminiscences, not necessarily for publication but for the pleasure and benefit of… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
We have to tackle child poverty by getting to people when they are young, through education, giving them hope and making sure… — Heidi Allen Copy Share Image
“I am the child of this pitiful century the child that didn’t grow up The questions that burned my tongue have burned… — Abdellatif Laabi Copy Share Image
I loved nearly all my teachers; but it was not till I went home to live at Oxford, in 1867, that I… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
Throughout the world, half of all children go to bed hungry each night and one in seven of God's children is facing… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
“Off and on for many years, I tried to write a book about my childhood. I’d bring chapters to workshop, to writing… — Heather Sellers Copy Share Image
Put your lighters in the air for the deadbeat mothers & fathers, Put your lighters in the air for the back stabbers,… — Crystal Reese Copy Share Image
Conditional love is love that is turned off and on…Some parents only show their love after a child has done something that… — Louise Hart Copy Share Image
A better future for my wife and children , I made A huge insurance my life are So after my death they… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
It's a pleasure to be doing a show for Comedy Central. Traditional networks would cast me as the head of a household… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
“Your childhood dream delights God. I don’t say that because every secret dream will come true. But having a dream is evidence… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
