Quotes on children

“The soul is healed by being with children.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.”

Shannon L. Alder

“I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's.”

Craig Ferguson

“Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures.”

Guy Debord

“When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles......they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle.”

Dr. Seuss

“You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.IT'S EDUCATIONAL.'What if she cuts herself?'THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.”

Terry Pratchett

“Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.”

Ray Romano

“You have made the moon, The Jester said. That is the moon.”

James Thurber

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”

Amit Kalantri

“Ô, Wanderess, WanderessWhen did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”

Roman Payne

“We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.”

Justin Torres

“When we see an obstacle impossible to cross; God makes a path for us if we let Him be boss.”

Carolyn Cutler Hughes

“God knows everything we need to know, so let God be God and let it all go.”

Carolyn Cutler Hughes

“I've been the oldest child since before you were born”

E.L. Konigsburg

“There is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have. There is a time when a kingdom needs its children.”

Adam Gidwitz

“When the internet is silent, children will learn that there is a whole new world outside.”

Anthony T. Hincks

“She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.”

Ransom Riggs

“I feel the only thing you can do about life is to preserve it, by art if you're an artist, by children if you're not.”

Philip Larkin

“Each month is gay,Each season nice,When eatingChicken soupWith rice”

Maurice Sendak

“One! two! and through and throughThe vorpal blade went snickersnack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back.”

Lewis Carroll

The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people.

Benito Mussolini

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

Khalil Gibran

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Rabindranath Tagore

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Nelson Mandela

Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.

John F. Kennedy

Children are not things to be molded, but people to be unfolded.

Jess Lair

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal.

Rabindranath Tagore

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Children are the keys of paradise.

Eric Hoffer

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

Oscar Wilde

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Pablo Picasso

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Friedrich Nietzsche

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

Angela Schwindt

To every child, you are a hero in your own way.

Anonymous

Children are like wet cement: whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Haim Ginott

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Henry Ward Beecher

Children see magic because they look for it.

Christopher Moore

Children carry the promise of tomorrow in their eyes.

Anonymous

The potential of every child is the most intriguing and stimulating thing in all creation.

Ray L. Wilbur

One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.

Malala Yousafzai

Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.

Wess Stafford

Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.

Anonymous

Children need models rather than critics.

Joseph Joubert

The thing with kids is that they really aren’t interested in who you are, they’re interested in what you’re doing.

Paul McCartney

The greatest gift you can give your child is your time.

A.S. Neill

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.

A.S. Neill

We must give children the freedom to find themselves.

A.S. Neill

To educate a child, one must first understand the child.

A.S. Neill

We must teach our children to be the architects of their own lives.

A.S. Neill

A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a lamp to be lit.

A.S. Neill