My Children Quotes

I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.

If you want to make your children brilliant, tell them fairy tales. If you want to make them more brilliant, tell them more fairy tales.

Once we meet our children, even for moments, in a place of "I don't know," of relinquished authority, we return to the realms of mystery and magic, where real connection becomes alive again.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

Homosexuals want their depraved 'values' to become our children's values. Homosexuals expect society to embrace their immoral way of life. Worse yet, they are looking for new recruits!

There are no absolutes in raising children. In any stressful situation, fathering is always a roll of the dice. The game may be messy, but I have never found one with more joys and rewards.

If you can't feel secure - and teach your children to feel secure - about 1-in-610,000 nightmare scenarios - the problem isn't the world. It's you.

I am in charity, my children, with all the servants of God.

I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents.

I understand the sensitivities of grown children with little ones of their own!! They'll turn away a mother full of advice, but they'll never say no to one holding a mop.

Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.

Having children really changes your priorities.

My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

The Art of Elysium is a program I've volunteered with for close to ten years, and I work with Unicef and Young Storytellers. My passion is really working with children since they are the future.

When I think about my children and how different their futures might be as a result of climate change, it makes me determined to do something about it.

The best legacy we leave is not for our children but in our children.

As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

When you have schools that are operating in the 20th century, and we're trying to prepare our children for the 21st century, even those children know they are not educated in the right way.

In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.

We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.

Always be involved in your children's lives. Life gets hectic but we have to find a way to always stay connected and let our kids know that they are loved.

Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

Just like any woman,...we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our children, or our art; some do it just by living. It's all the same.

I think that poetry is perfect for women raising children, with just bits of time and such need to connect to other women out of the isolation of motherhood.

If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep.

The older I get the more I realize that a significant portion of a parent's happiness or sadness in middle-age will be directly impacted by how closely our children are walking with the Lord.

Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

My dad always said to go for my hobby and used to commend me for my excellent judgement so i try to do the similar for my children.

Mothers are the heart of any household. I try to spend as much time with my children as I possibly can while also fulfilling my professional duties. It is tricky, but I think I manage it.

One significant thing that you can do for your children is to invest some time into taking them out into nature.

We have recognized that the world is changing. How your children are behaving, how their friends are behaving. What they consume and what they watch.

I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.

Read the Declaration of Independence to your children as a tradition every Fourth of July. Make sure they understand why the word "pursuit" precedes the word "happiness."

I'm a professional. I don't want people to read something about me in the tabloids going out with celebrities or whatever. It might be a bit boring but I have to give values to my children.

I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington.

I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything.

Peace is one of the greatest gifts we can leave our children.

A question may be asked, 'Will mothers have their children in eternity?' Yes! Yes! Mothers, you shall have your children.

You better arm yourselves to answer your children's and grandchildren's questions... no matter what the question is... without being judgmental.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

No mom has it all together. We're all dealing with loose ends when it comes to motherhood and our children. Some of us are just better at keeping up appearances, that's all.

A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.

I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.

And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.