Children Quotes - Page 132

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

What we are speaks so loudly that our children might not hear what we say

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

We want to be, when we are young, A little man. I would like to be a big child, Stronger and fairer than a man, And more lucid than a child.

Even as a child, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to wear red lipstick.

So many of us limit our praying because we are not reckless in our confidence in God. In the eyes of those who do not know God, it is madness to trust Him, but when we pray in the Holy Spirit we begin to realize the resources of God, that He is our perfect heavenly Father, and we are His children.

Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.

There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.

The policy of letting the child 'do what he likes' is an insidious one, since the children are encouraged to continue always at their original superficial level, without receiving guidance in study. Furthermore, the 'three Rs,' the fundamental tools, are neglected as long as possible, with the result that the child's chance to develop his mind is greatly retarded. The policy of teaching words via pictures instead of by the alphabet tends to deprive the young child of the greatest reasoning tool of all.

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

Writing for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words.

It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.

Up to the age of five, children should be given a lot of love. From the age of five to fifteen they should be brought up under strict discipline especially regarding their study. It is at that time that life's foundation is formed. Love without discipline will only spoil them. Above the age of fifteen children should be given maximum love otherwise they may go astray.

I have a child and I've made a few people happy. That is all.

Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children independent from birth. We leave them all alone in rooms with the lights out and tell them, 'Go to sleep by yourselves.' And the old people we respect most are the ones who will fight for their independence, who would sooner starve to death than ask for help.

I am but a generation removed from poverty and despair. Where would I be today if there had never been an America? What kind of lives or future would my children have if this was not a land of opportunity?

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.

Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children.

Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role.

If you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they start to fidget. Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition, they're suffering from childhood.