--- title: "19 Perfect child Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Perfect child quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Perfect child sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/lisa-see-2200_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_2980677.jpg" --- > [“There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-see/there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-world-and-every-mother-has-him/) [Lisa See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-see/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/lisa-see-2200_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_2980677.jpg) > [There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-world-and-every-mother-has-it/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/ritu-ghatourey-5_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_1669236.jpg) > [Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saadi/every-person-thinks-his-own-intellect-perfect-and-his-own-child/) [Saadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saadi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/saadi-2340_children_every-person-thinks-his-own-intellect-pe_3179997.png) > [I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-park/i-find-the-term-perfect-child-to-be-an-oxymoron/) [Barbara Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-park/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-park-14714_child_i-find-the-term-perfect-child-to-be-an-o_1302043.png) > [I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-dicaprio/i-want-to-be-the-perfect-child-i-owe-so-much-to-my-parents-and-the/) [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-dicaprio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/leonardo-dicaprio-997_children_i-want-to-be-the-perfect-child-i-owe-so_1049094.jpg) > [We can no more create the perfect environment for our children than we can create perfect children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanna-rosin/we-can-no-more-create-the-perfect-environment-for-our-children-than/) [Hanna Rosin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanna-rosin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/hanna-rosin-8587_child_we-can-no-more-create-the-perfect-enviro_290917.png) > [I know I may not be perfect but I will raise my child to be strong my child will be perfect to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-know-i-may-not-be-perfect-but-i-will-raise-my-child-to-be-strong-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/anonymous-1_children_i-know-i-may-not-be-perfect-but-i-will-r_1481338.jpg) > [There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-willis/there-are-no-perfect-parents-and-there-are-no-perfect-children-but/) [Dave Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/dave-willis-23307_children_there-are-no-perfect-parents-and-there-a_1540681.png) > [“Sammie is perfect, and so would my child be. Imperfectly perfect not a bad thing you see. If I tease you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-baty/sammie-is-perfect-and-so-would-my-child-be-imperfectly-perfect-not-a/) Eva Baty [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/eva-baty-236798_bad-thing_sammie-is-perfect-and-so-would-my-child_2371778.jpg) > [You can't do it all. No one can have two full-time jobs, have perfect children and cook three meals and be multi-orgasmic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-t-do-it-all-no-one-can-have-two-full-time-jobs-have-perfect/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/anonymous-1_adversaries_you-can-t-do-it-all-no-one-can-have-two_2219975.jpg) > [A lot of times I play the villain or the comic relief, and I get to kind of play the comic relief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/missi-pyle/a-lot-of-times-i-play-the-villain-or-the-comic-relief-and-i-get-to/) [Missi Pyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/missi-pyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/missi-pyle-26548_character_a-lot-of-times-i-play-the-villain-or-the_2903594.jpg) > [The Lord may want to colonise other Worlds with His new perfect children! What's the whole Universe for and all this huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berg/the-lord-may-want-to-colonise-other-worlds-with-his-new-perfect/) [David Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/david-berg-2807_amount_the-lord-may-want-to-colonise-other-worl_662922.jpg) > [And Grandmother Hall really imagines that she can raise Eleanor and her two brothers differently than these children were raised. And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-grandmother-hall-really-imagines-that-she-can-raise-eleanor-and/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_brother_and-grandmother-hall-really-imagines-tha_247546.png) > [My kids are supposed to live till they are one hundred. You don't have to have a perfect house or a perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-enright/my-kids-are-supposed-to-live-till-they-are-one-hundred-you-don-t-have/) [Anne Enright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-enright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/anne-enright-5402_children_my-kids-are-supposed-to-live-till-they-a_467371.png) > [My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-jarrett/my-daughter-is-of-course-perfect-everyone-s-child-is-but-mine-really/) [Valerie Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-jarrett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/valerie-jarrett-2933_children_my-daughter-is-of-course-perfect-everyon_1382397.jpg) > [It's okay that your parents aren't perfect; no one's are. And it's okay that they didn't have any perfect children either; no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ardeth-kapp/it-s-okay-that-your-parents-aren-t-perfect-no-one-s-are-and-it-s-okay/) [Ardeth Kapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ardeth-kapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/ardeth-kapp-64473_child_it-s-okay-that-your-parents-aren-t-perfe_1069602.jpg) > [More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcgreevey/more-than-anything-else-i-recall-being-or-trying-very-deliberately-to/) [James McGreevey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcgreevey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/james-mcgreevey-15663_achieve_more-than-anything-else-i-recall-being-o_512524.jpg) > [A conscious parent is not one who seeks to fix her child or seek to produce or create the 'perfect' child. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shefali-tsabary/a-conscious-parent-is-not-one-who-seeks-to-fix-her-child-or-seek-to/) [Shefali Tsabary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shefali-tsabary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/shefali-tsabary-20212_children_a-conscious-parent-is-not-one-who-seeks_1545979.jpg) > [“When you have a child, you start to dream of how this kid will grow up and make you proud. The only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-lynn-pearson/when-you-have-a-child-you-start-to-dream-of-how-this-kid-will-grow-up/) [Carol Lynn Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-lynn-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/carol-lynn-pearson-23974_child_when-you-have-a-child-you-start-to-dream_2665264.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfect-child/#itemlist", "name": "Perfect child Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa See" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-see/there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-world-and-every-mother-has-him/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/lisa-see-2200_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_2980677.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/lisa-see-2200_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_2980677.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/lisa-see-2200_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_2980677.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has him.” — Lisa See", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ritu Ghatourey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-world-and-every-mother-has-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/ritu-ghatourey-5_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_1669236.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/ritu-ghatourey-5_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_1669236.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/ritu-ghatourey-5_child_there-is-only-one-perfect-child-in-the-w_1669236.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.” — Ritu Ghatourey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saadi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saadi/every-person-thinks-his-own-intellect-perfect-and-his-own-child/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/saadi-2340_children_every-person-thinks-his-own-intellect-pe_3179997.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/saadi-2340_children_every-person-thinks-his-own-intellect-pe_3179997.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/saadi-2340_children_every-person-thinks-his-own-intellect-pe_3179997.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.” — Saadi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barbara Park" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-park/i-find-the-term-perfect-child-to-be-an-oxymoron/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-park-14714_child_i-find-the-term-perfect-child-to-be-an-o_1302043.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-park-14714_child_i-find-the-term-perfect-child-to-be-an-o_1302043.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/barbara-park-14714_child_i-find-the-term-perfect-child-to-be-an-o_1302043.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.” — Barbara Park", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to be the perfect child. 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What's the whole Universe for and all this huge amount of space if He's only interested in colonising one little Planet? What an incubation! What an incubator for other civilizations!-Right here on the New Earth and the Heavenly City!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Berg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berg/the-lord-may-want-to-colonise-other-worlds-with-his-new-perfect/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/david-berg-2807_amount_the-lord-may-want-to-colonise-other-worl_662922.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/david-berg-2807_amount_the-lord-may-want-to-colonise-other-worl_662922.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/david-berg-2807_amount_the-lord-may-want-to-colonise-other-worl_662922.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Lord may want to colonise other Worlds with His new perfect children! 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