Children Quotes

18494 Children quotes by 7563 unique authors

Cannot we let [children] be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make another you. One's enough. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child… — Abraham Lincoln
Children desperately need to know - and to hear in ways they understand and remember - that they're loved and valued by mom and dad. — Gary Smalley
You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants real parents, real… — Unknown Author
Authentic men aren't afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they're sad, admit it when they're wrong, and ask for… — Charles R. Swindoll
If your children want to alter society, listen to their reasons and the idealism behind them. Don't crush them with some clever remark straight away. — Prince Charles
I was very aggressive as a child. At primary school in London my attitude was 'If you don't do what I say, I'll knowk you… — Lennox Lewis
Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want… — Robin Williams
With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make… — Robert E. Lee
I was not an attractive child. When I didn't use my Girl Scouts uniform as a uniform, I used it as a tent. — Joan Rivers
What is needed now are increased efforts to promote youth participation and commitment; more services aimed at youth; more parental involvement; more education and information,… — Carol Bellamy
UNICEF is successfully giving children and young people all over the world opportunities and hope. Just like the ones we met on the Long Way… — Ewan McGregor
I live in a country where we put children in shackles and in concrete cells. Working together, with righteousness and hope, we can create a… — Lateefah Simon
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. — Francois Rabelais
What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes? — Euripides
Above all we need, particularly as children, the reassuring presence of a visible community, an intimate group that enfolds us with understanding and love, and… — Lewis Mumford
Just wage a total war against these tyrants; I think we will do very well and our children will sing great songs about us years… — Michael A. Ledeen
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take… — Ban Ki-moon
Fight them with your faith in God, fight them in defense of every free honorable woman and every innocent child, and in defense of the… — Saddam Hussein
That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them. — George Best
Children who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS are not only just as deserving of an education as any other children, but they may need that… — Harry Belafonte
We want the world to focus on children whose lives have been devastated by AIDS. The millions of children who are missing their parents; their… — Pierce Brosnan
Every minute of every day, a child under 15 is infected with HIV - the overwhelming majority of children under 15 who are HIV-positive get… — Gabriel Byrne
Stigma hurts. Because of AIDS, children are bullied, isolated and shut out of school. They are missing out on education. They are missing out on… — Jackie Chan

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