Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the… — Ann McKee Copy Share Image
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, the honor role kids were picked on by the jocks. And those kids said, 'You know, 15… — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
A Real man takes care of his kids no matter what the relationship is with the mother of his child... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If cynicism is inevitable as one ages, so is the yearning for innocence. To children heaven is being an adult, and to… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
There's a million things wrong with government that need to get fixed, but none of its ever going to get fixed unless… — Rick Harrison Copy Share Image
I went one afternoon to the church of my childhood and had a vision of what I must have really meant with… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
A child's giggle tickles me deeply, and it breaks my heart when that begins to disappear. So I do what I can… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
As a general rule, when your child, or anyone in the work force, doesn't know what he/she wants to do, they should… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. ... If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive.… — Dorothy Nolte Copy Share Image
“He showed his daughter how to use cushions to vary his position and relieve the monotony of pressure that corrupts the flesh,… — Louis de Bernières Copy Share Image
Tyra the businesswoman is very close to - and I hate third person, but you said it, oh, chiiild, you said it… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image