My Children Quotes

And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd

As a decrepit father takes delight To see his active child do deeds of youth, So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.

Now the good gods forbid That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude Towards her deserved children is enrolled In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam Should now eat up her own!

True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.

Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice; whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.

Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to overcome my loneliness and isolation.

Hope smiled when your nativity was cast, Children of Summer!

I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.

To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.

And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry in in a thousand ways, and the Night, and the trail of the Milky Way to wonder at.

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.

It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation.

This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.

Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.

I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to play guitar and be in a rock band.

The perfect life: to live in a world of peace in a lake district where the magistrate is good and honest, and to have an understanding wife and bright children.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

A solid foundation for children involves a solid moral base

I wouldn't mind doing more in the kid's world because I think that might be just where I can be most useful to society, to the planet, if I can speak to children.

I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos.

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they have no patience with pretence.

It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.

I love God, Jesus Christ, my three children, mother, father, brother, sisters, family in general, my pets, my students, and true friends.

Shouldn't we also ask ourselves what the consequences are of scrambling to provide the "most" of everything to our children in a world of fast dwindling resources?

America used to live by the motto "Father Knows Best." Now we're lucky if "Father Knows He Has Children." We've become a nation of sperm donors and baby daddies.

How can it be, after all this concentrated effort and separation, how can it be that I still resemble, so very closely, my own detestable mother?

The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.

It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.

When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children

I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

I have always believed that poems beg to be read aloud, even if the reader is in a world all her own.

Children make prayers so thoughtlessly, building them up like sand castles—and they are always surprised when suddenly the castle becomes real, and the iron gate grinds shut.

Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.

No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.

Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.

I’m convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings.

When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book.

I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter.

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.

I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.

There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed.

Every child is your child.

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.