Children Quotes - Page 129

The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a story which will be marketed for children, because children understand what their parents have rejected and forgotten.

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.

Children involved in project work are encouraged to serve the group needs and share responsibility for what's accomplished.

I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children around the world

I'll never kick dogs, I'll never hurt a child, I'll never slap a woman - three things I won't do on film.

Good motives aside, white condescension does more damage than good. White condescension says to a black child, 'The rules used by other ethnic groups don't apply to you. Forget about work hard, get an education, posses good values. No, for you, we'll alter the rules by lowering the standards and expecting less.' Expect less, get less.

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development... For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.

South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.

Children understand and remember concepts best when they learn from direct personal experience.

I've had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don't understand women

The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character.

I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.

Most poor people are not on welfare. . . I know they work. I'm a witness. They catch the early bus. They work every day. They raise other people's children. They work every day. They clean the streets. They work every day. They drive vans with cabs. They work every day. They change beds you slept in these hotels last night and can't get a union contract. They work every day . . .

Teach your children that many of the blessings of the Church are available to them because you and they give tithes and offerings to the Church. Teach them that those blessings could come virtually no other way.

A man must defend his home, his wife, his children, and his martini.

The mind of a child is where the Revolution begins.

Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beseech you to do. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill.

We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.

A child... never takes time off as a child; time off does not begin until the principles of order have been accepted.

Sometimes we make things too complicated when we really need to remember that the kingdom belongs to children.

It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an afterlife reside in the social networks that we influenced while we were alive. If we influence people in a positive way -- even if our social web is only as big as our nuclear family -- others will want to emulate us and pass on our ideas, manners, and lifestyle to future generations. This is more than enough motivation for me to do good things in my life and teach my children to do the same.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Children should be taught to question everything . . . everything they read and everything they hear.