Child Quotes

7828 Child quotes by 4374 unique authors

Love is like a child, That longs for everything it can come by — William Shakespeare
Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination.... — Erich Fromm
The job of a teacher is to excite in the young a boundless sense of curiosity about life, so that the growing child shall come… — John Garrett
How long is a girl a child? She is a child, and then one morning you wake up she's a woman, and a dozen different… — Louis L'Amour
The child plays at being an adult long before he is one, and so you can play with more desirable beliefs while you are still… — Seth Roberts
We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no… — Sidney Hillman
The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense… — George W. Bush
There is not a flower or bird in sight, only a small screen on which lines are moving, while the child sits almost motionless, pushing… — Unknown Author
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to… — Therese of Lisieux
There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch. — Robert Breault
To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo." — Robert Breault
I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles I can hear… — Robert Fulghum
Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own. — John Mason Brown
Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you right back into… — Anderson Cooper
It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain movements about their mouths are… — Charles Darwin
Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Maternal love, like an orange tree, buds and blossoms and bears at once. When a woman puts her finger for the first time into the… — Kate Douglas Wiggin
I remember people saying, "Believe me, everything in your life is going to change..." And I thought, "Why? That's such a bourgeois way of thinking."… — Maggie Gyllenhaal
There are only three things you need to let go of judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole… — Hugh Prather
In this country that grows more food than any other nation on this earth, it is unthinkable that any child should go hungry. — Sela Ward
A child regards your cheery smile as evidence that you are on his side, so he relaxes and is happier. — George W. Crane
School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For just pennies a day per… — Drew Barrymore
There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children. — William J. Clinton
If you know someone who has lost a child, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding… — Elizabeth Edwards
I feel a strong immortal hope, which bears my mournful spirit up beneath its mountain load; redeemed from death, and grief, and pain, I soon… — Charles Wesley

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