Child Quotes

7828 Child quotes by 4374 unique authors

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes… — Agatha Christie
Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don't mean a… — Toni Morrison
I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me. — Bill Watterson
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will… — Laozi
In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has to be chosen,… — John O'Donohue
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But… — Ed Koch
The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. — Washington Irving
It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have...One pair that see through closed doors. Another in the back of her head...and, of… — Erma Bombeck
The child is the father of man. — William Wordsworth
In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again:… — James Agee
Teach a child how to think, not what to think. — Sidney Sugarman
I tell you one thing. If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn… — Sarada Devi
Mindful and creative, a child who has neither a past, nor examples to follow, nor value judgments, simply lives, speaks and plays in freedom. — Arnaud Desjardins
We have the ability to provide clean water for every man, woman and child on the Earth. What has been lacking is the collective will… — Jean-Michel Cousteau
Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on… — Norman Podhoretz
It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the… — Harrison Schmitt
If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate....Try science. — Carl Sagan
Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child my mother daily… — John Ruskin
I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football. — Lionel Messi
Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this illusion defines the purpose and… — Lewis H. Lapham
Every day I ask my husband, 'Is it possible to over kiss your child?' I literally think I kiss him 200 times in a day.… — Rachel Zoe
Discovering that with every child, your heart grows bigger and stronger - that there is no limit to how much or how many people you… — Yasmin Le Bon
Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but when a child… — Erica Jong
When I pick up one of my children and cuddle them, all the strain and stress of life temporarily disappears. There is nothing more wonderful… — Nicola Horlick
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. — Rajneesh

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