Child Quotes

7828 Child quotes by 4374 unique authors

The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of… — Marian Wright Edelman
When I hear music, it seems to me that all the sins of my life pass slowly by me with veiled faces, lay their hands… — Sidney Lanier
Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make the "right answer"… — Sydney J. Harris
This world of ours has everything except one thing: peace. Everybody wants and needs peace, whether he be a child or an octogenarian. — Sri Chinmoy
To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with… — Zoltan Kodaly
Years ago I sang on a track using that voice and someone asked, 'Who is that terribly depressed man' ... But Patrick loved it. He… — Lisa Gerrard
I need someone who believes that the sun will rise again but who does not fear my darkness. Someone who can point out the rocks… — Unknown Author
Patriotism, or the peculiar relation of an individual to his country, is like the family instinct. In the child it is a blind devotion; in… — George William Curtis
The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been… — P.D. James
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child… — Stephen Covey
To dissociate the child from love is, for our species, a methodological error: contraception, which is to make love without making a child; artificial (in… — Jerome Lejeune
All who are genuinely committed to the advancement of women can and must offer a woman or a girl who is pregnant, frightened, and alone… — Mary Ann Glendon
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the moment of conception.… — Pope Francis
One thing is certain: When the time has come, nothing which is man-made will subsist. One day, all human accomplishments will be reduced to a… — Alice von Hildebrand
By abortion the Mother does not learn to love, but kills her own child to solve her problems. And, by abortion, that father is told… — Mother Teresa
Each child is sent into this world by God with a "Unique Message" to deliver, a new personal act of love to bestow — John Powell
Basil..discovered a guild of abortionists, or sagae, that were doing a booming trade in Caesarea, and the surrounding environs. They provided herbal potions, pessaries, and… — Unknown Author
The hijacking of an American jet in Athens looms larger in our concern than the parent who kills a child, even though the one happens… — Gavin de Becker
The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
He's a politician. That's a notch below child molester. — Woody Allen
First the body has to become utterly relaxed, like a small child, then only start with the mind. Move scientifically: first the simplest, then the… — Rajneesh
If you have forgotten how to be a child you cannot teach children. — Austin O'Malley
The defects born of habit are innumerable. I see every child occupied in some way in disarranging and disfiguring his physique; some displace the ankles… — Jean-Georges Noverre
I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a… — Robert Breault
Kung fu and soccer are the two things that I was most interested in as a child. — Stephen Chow

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