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Famous Quotes about children“ He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. ” “ As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. ” “ When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ” “ Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterward. ” “ Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much. ” “ You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again. ” “ Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ” “ I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids. ” “ It is a wise father that knows his own child ” “ Children make you want to start life over. ” “ The soul is healed by being with children. ” “ Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ” “ Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. ” “ A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. ” “ Children today know more about sex than I or my father did. ” “ You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ” “ There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ” “ Your children are not your children. / They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. ” “ For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. ” “ Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. ” “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” “ Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home. ” “ A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. ” |
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