When I was a child, I dreamt of being a big star. I truly believed that I would be world famous someday,… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought!… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
A lot of parents today come forward to encourage their daughters to take up sport because they feel women's cricket is growing… — Mithali Raj Copy Share Image
“In common with Russia, American children seldom play outdoors. Russia can use the excuse of cold weather, but in the United States,… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
“Do Not Ignore My Voice Take My hand, My child, and let Me show you what I have planned for you. I… — Adam Houge Copy Share Image
“When we are children our families take care of our basic survival needs; they are also our first and most important sources… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“ The Toys My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The whole process of raising a family is one of perfecting our own lives. That which we transmit consciously and unconsciously to… — Henry D. Moyle Copy Share Image
“It is a land bright with truth, where a man’s word is his pledge, and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
“What to us looks like independence is really just dependence transferred. We are in such a hurry for our children to be… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
“Not having children does not, as we childless people are often made to feel, render our lives less marked by love. How… — Shon Faye Copy Share Image
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“Is constructive criticism really constructive? Not really. You can't make a child better by pointing out what you think is wrong with… — H. Norman Wright Copy Share Image
My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“You city boys and your psychologists. Just what we need, some fancy-pants lollygaggin' around telling us all how we need to get… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
There are still so many unanswered questions about what causes autism and other developmental disorders on the spectrum. So it is vital… — Manny Alvarez Copy Share Image
“In later years, your child will still appreciate having some time with you before he goes to sleep. He needs close, warm,… — Richard Ferber Copy Share Image
September had never been betrayed before. She did not even know what to call the feeling in her chest, so bitter and… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That's much better than watching television, much better. They won't get very… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
One way to think about play, is as the process of finding new combinations for known things--combinations that may yield new formsof… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
My mom and dad both worked when I was little... My mom, her mom died when she was 11, so she had… — Nick Foles Copy Share Image
Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited advice in the checkout line when a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude… — Clarence Budington Kelland Copy Share Image
If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
As individuals, and as a society, we can choose to take responsibility for ourselves. In doing so we have to accept that… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
“When we are children, when we are young, it is natural to love our friends, to be generous to them, to forgive… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them - no matter how old or impressive they… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
“For you, a thousand times over." "Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors." "...attention shifted… — Khalid Hosseini Copy Share Image
“You don’t know that my books do good?’ ‘No, I don’t know. I know that men are already getting past “novels” without… — M.P. Shiel Copy Share Image
To sing with the voice of angels as we do the work of angels. To laugh with the laugh of Buddha as… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
“Ted had the uneasy sense that the child was spinning them out as a way of filling the time, distracting them both… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
“They are almost like mentally challenged children who go on playing with teddy bears even as they age. Your teddy bears can… — Osho Copy Share Image
I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or… — Linda Hamilton Copy Share Image
“You tell your daughter everything?” “Yes.” “Everything?” “Yes.” Will leaned in and brushed his lips over hers. Before she could react, before… — Sophie Moss Copy Share Image
“Wine came from grapes and grapes were fruit. If you were going to judge every wine connoisseur, you would also have to… — Eric Dimbleby Copy Share Image
“Meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
