My Children Quotes

If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up, and slaving to indulge his follies and caprices.

There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.

She hated being a nobody and like all children, adopted or not, I have had to live out some of her unlived life. We do that for our parents - we don't really have any choice.

The words marriage and divorce were always used together, like they went hand in hand together.

A child's a plaything for an hour.

An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude.

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

Brown v. Board is the foundation by which all Americans can look for hope - hope for their children, hope for their families, and hope for a better future.

I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy.

I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

Having children with someone is the real bond.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

Revelation is communication from God to His children on the earth and one of the great blessings associated with the gift and constant companionship of the Holy Ghost.

My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.

Teachers do the noble work of educating our children. And we can't thank them enough for the hard work they put in every day to ensure a bright future for all of us.

And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowledge is we're someday making the world better. Not only for our children, but for all people after that.

To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.

I have very little patience with children.

The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.

I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about it at an early age.

Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.

Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15.

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about.

As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal.

As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You know, it's clowns and kid's toys and bright colors and things like that.

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help.

I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time.

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.

With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get.

Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa.

There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth.

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.

I've three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and I'm very happily married. I'm very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isn't anything I want.

I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners.

The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.

I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays too.

It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.

I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.

If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.

I'm just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit.

All my children inherited perfect pitch.

I do think imagination is enormously valuable, and that children should be encouraged in their imagination. That's very true.

I don't know why anyone would want to ask an actor for dating advice. We are not the poster children for healthy relationships.