Childhood Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“...we should deal with children as God does with us, who makes us happiest when He lets us stagger in benevolent delusion.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We should treat our minds, that is, ourselves, as innocent and ingenuous children, whose guardians we are, and be careful what objects and what…

— Henry David Thoreau

“If we have the means and the capability to care for orphaned and vulnerable children, yet fail to do so, we are in direct…

— Johnny Carr

Children can scarcely be fashioned to meet with our likes and our purpose. Just as God did us give them, so must we hold…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“God is merciful to children, but the children must be worthy as well.”

— Nicholas Sparks

We are under no delusions as to the innate goodness even of very small children. They are bad a great deal of the time,…

— Heywood Broun

We don’t want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care of them.

— Stormie Omartian

“Children are the purest manifestation of love and divinity in the world; they care, they are considerate and they know more about humanity than…

— Sam Fuentes

We feel great compassion for parents whose love and protective instincts for their challenged children have moved them to some positions that are adversary…

— Dallin H. Oaks

“Children are the most precious gift God can bestow on us.  They are gifts to be treasured from the moment they let out their…

— Belle Calhoune

“All children are precious in the eyes of God. If we want to better humanity...we must try and better the lives of all of…

— Timothy Pina

“When we hurt children, it is God’s plan we indirectly try to frustrate, since it is for His pleasure that people exist.”

— Benjamin Nzuki