Childhood Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

“And children are still the way you were ...as a child, sad and happy in just the same way and if you think of…

— Rilke Letters to a Young Poet

Childhood is less clear to me than to many people: when it ended I turned my face away from it for no reason that…

— Lillian Hellman

Kids are the most conventional people in the world. It is more important than anything else for them to conform, and I was a…

— Charlton Heston

Sometimes you have to abandon your own children for other children.

— Patti Smith

Even if you were aware of children and felt compassion, when you have your own, it multiplies. It breaks your heart to know that…

— Penelope Cruz

The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you…

— Michael Palin

People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in…

— Sue Grafton

“It is time for a return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of…

— L.R.Knost

I think anybody, not just children, is a product of a great environment. If you put them in a better environment from a sad…

— Usher

Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the…

— Marianne Williamson

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off…

— Linda Ronstadt

We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue…

— Kofi Annan