Children Quote by George Santayana

Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We…

— Andrew Solomon

“. . . the most potent reward for parenthood I have known has been delight in my fully grown progeny. They are friends with…

— Carolyn Heilbrun

Young children give us glimpses of some things that are eternal.

— Jonathan Kozol

It's important for survival that children have their own experiences, the kind they learn from. The kind their parents arrange for are not as…

— Garrison Keillor

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.

— Molly Shannon

Parents always have their own ideas about how they wish their children to be brought up, both morally and spiritually. But they must understand…

— Graham Masterton

A child is a reinvigorating experience. It almost does feel like immortality, but not in the way people think. It reminds us there are…

— Kelsey Grammer

Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly…

— Stephen Covey

Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall…

— Ellen G. White

When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“We all know that parents do not make children but that children make parents…Authentic parenting is one long sacrificial act…parenting reveals the way that…

— Luke Timothy Johnson

Parents have the glorious opportunity of being the most powerful influence, above and beyond any other, on the new lives that bless their homes.

— L. Tom Perry