Children Quotes

Every day my children's eyes are fixed upon me...I want them to see vibrant and beautiful things when they picture me in their childhood memories. This is what makes me who I am. It forces me to laugh when at times I would rather cry.It reminds me that I should dream big and show them how to chase the stars. I want them to see that I not only believe in them, but in myself.

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.

Teach your children how to think, not only what to think.

Kissing small children is like walking into a lab and licking a random petri dish. You never know what you are going to end up getting.

Hamish's Mom: {I've always dreaded} Ugly grandchildren. But you have a lovely face. You are bound to produce little- IMBICILES!

"I went into television because I hated it so, and I thought there was some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen."

Kids don't know about bestsellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star-chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.

Being able to be with small children teaches us how to deal with adults who act like babies.

“We are preparing a mighty force for the Salvation War of the future… And to create such a force must be worthy of any amount of sacrifice and toil and care on our part. Let us make haste to be the means of converting, teaching, watching over, drilling and using the children, and it may yet be said not only of individuals, but of the nations, ‘a little child shall lead them.’”

"When we talk with a child at the penitent form we must have a definite idea of what we want to do for them. We want to help them to feel the nearness of God... if they have done wrong, to confess it and be forgiven; we want them to leave the penitent form knowing that, though they will be tempted to do wrong, Jesus is always beside them to help them overcome."

It’s your heart running around outside your body.

There should be a notice ahead of the movie that says 'This movie is PG. Can you read? You are a Parent. Do you understand what Guidance is? Or are you just another stupid toddler who thinks they're an adult simple because they've grown older and, unfortunately, have developed fully-functioning sexual organs? Would you like some committee somewhere to decide everything for you? Get a damn grip, will you? And shut the wretched kid up!

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I'm a MOM!! I don't get holiday pay, sick pay, or days off. I'm on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Now, tell me YOUR job is harder than mine!!

People will tell you how much they have given to their children. As for me, I can tell you my children have given me so much more than I could ever give them.

You know it's a sad day when your child looks at you and asks 'Daddy, are these organic?'

Children are naïve -- they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.

Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

Contrary to the prevailing myth, children who act “starved” for attention have received too much, not too little. They’ve come to depend on being the center of attention, and the more the Look-at-Me Beast is fed, the bigger it gets and the more demanding it becomes. Children who don’t get enough attention usually withdraw into their own little windowless worlds.

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.