Children Quotes

18494 Children quotes by 7563 unique authors

A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every act, every response,… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
Recently I reviewed the history of many missionaries and found a powerful correlation between exceptional missionaries and mothers who chose to remain home, often at… — Richard G. Scott
My first vivid memory is...when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that exchanging looks I… — Pearl S. Buck
My mother sang with me in her stomach; I sang with Bobbi Kris in my stomach. I believe the child starts to develop within, and… — Whitney Houston
The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself… — Phylicia Rashad
I never expected to be in the papers. I personally never expected to be in the papers. The height of my ambition for these books… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire to become somebody.… — Anthony de Mello
Gardening can be a compelling cooperative activity. Your best harvest may be the pleasure you get from working with family and friends. There's never a… — Steven Wilson
Nothing is more the child of art than a garden. — Walter Scott
My garden is a slow work, pursued with love and I do not deny that I am proud of it. Forty years ago, when I… — Claude Monet
Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. — Thomas Berry
Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the… — Wendell Berry
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it,… — Leo Tolstoy
I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams! — David Vitter
Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of… — Geoff Mulgan
The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation. — Ray Lyman Wilbur
The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. — Charles de Lint
The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to. — Marian Wright Edelman
Finance, like time, devours its own children. — Honore de Balzac
Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them. — James M. Barrie
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. — Clarence Darrow
Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is… — Maya Angelou
The coaches today should realize that they are, after all, working with children who sometimes have to stand up to physical and moral stresses which… — Elena Mukhina
Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to… — Saint Augustine
...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood, the freedom and independence of… — Adolf Hitler

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