--- title: "8 Gave Children Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Gave Children quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Gave Children sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/rose-kennedy-12450_adopted_i-tell-myself-that-god-gave-my-children_1555299.jpg" --- > [I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-kennedy/i-tell-myself-that-god-gave-my-children-many-gifts-spirit-beauty/) [Rose Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/rose-kennedy-12450_adopted_i-tell-myself-that-god-gave-my-children_1555299.jpg) > [My mom gave me the children stories of the Bible. I memorized that book at the age of nine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rza/my-mom-gave-me-the-children-stories-of-the-bible-i-memorized-that/) [Rza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/rza-1981_age_my-mom-gave-me-the-children-stories-of-t_1598639.png) > [I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/i-gave-myself-to-my-children-it-happens-to-some-women/) [Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/jane-gardam-20104_children_i-gave-myself-to-my-children-it-happens_1978188.png) > [I gave up my children to an American couple and went to Vietnam on an army assignment where I helped soldiers identify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-christo/i-gave-up-my-children-to-an-american-couple-and-went-to-vietnam-on-an/) [Bob Christo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-christo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/bob-christo-26913_american_i-gave-up-my-children-to-an-american-cou_2142301.jpg) > [“At this Linda gave up. Children might or might not enjoy air-raids actually in progress, but a child who was not thrilled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-mitford/at-this-linda-gave-up-children-might-or-might-not-enjoy-air-raids/) [Nancy Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-mitford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/nancy-mitford-7161_children_at-this-linda-gave-up-children-might-or_2342891.jpg) > [“...when the Gods finished creating woman, they stood back and looked at what they'd done. They had given her a body strong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/when-the-gods-finished-creating-woman-they-stood-back-and-looked-at/) [Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/donna-ball-42632_gods_when-the-gods-finished-creating-woman-th_2586795.png) > [Even today, when an Aboriginal mother notices the first stirrings of speech in her child, she lets it handle the things of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-chatwin/even-today-when-an-aboriginal-mother-notices-the-first-stirrings-of/) [Bruce Chatwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-chatwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/bruce-chatwin-11797_aboriginal_even-today-when-an-aboriginal-mother-not_2843499.jpg) > [Father: The banker nature gave children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/father-the-banker-nature-gave-children/) [Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/nikhil-saluja-26_children_father-the-banker-nature-gave-children-3_3172471.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gave-children/#itemlist", "name": "Gave Children Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. 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