My Children Quotes

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.

Having children and raising them will bring new purpose and new life to Heaven. It will not be the end of everything, but the beginning!

God put many animals here [on Earth] for pets, playthings and companions for us and our children, and we're still going to enjoy them [in Heaven].

Easter is all about remembering the importance of change, responsibility, and doing the right thing for the good of our children.

If we don't change the way Washington operates we're going to bankrupt our children and grandchildren.

Bring Your Child to Work Day -- that's how we got George W. Bush.

I'm the worst at favourites! I don't have one - I love all my children, I love them all equally.

I love child things because there's so much mystery when you're a child.

I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I'm putting out in the world knowing that one day my children will watch the work that I've done. I want to be able to stand by it.

Don't take too much credit for your children - or too much blame!

My children's faces are private candles i sometimes worship at.

I feel like I have the fortune of privilege, particularly as it relates to my children.

You see, we all want the same things. We want to be able to take care of our families, provide for our children, to have a roof over our heads and a good-paying job.

We're not locked in to these conditions that degrade the environment, and jeopardize the future of our children.

As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children.

I say somewhat facetiously, "I'm so glad I'm not God." Can you imagine being God and looking at Syria and saying: "These are my children. Look at what they're doing to each other."

Lord that she might be safe. She and my children.

Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books.

Let us live not only to serve God ourselves; let us live to help our children and their children live for God.

A vacation from school should not mean hunger for our children.

My songs are like my children. I love every single one of them.

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.

I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc.

My children grew up very resourceful and strong in spite of them having to live with different families and that I had to drag them all over the country with me.

The more you love your children, the more care you should take to neglect them occasionally. The web of affection can be drawn too tight.

Those were my children being slaughtered.

I'm very proud of my children. And they've done a wonderful job, and they've been wonderful, wonderful kids.

Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late.

People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.

I think I asphyxiated my children.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

When you say No, you also become a role model of healthy boundaries for others (especially your children).

Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment.

STRANGELOVE REPRODUCTION: Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer believes in the future.

For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.

Every time I look at my children, they remind me to work harder and become a better man.

Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.

As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content.

I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I thoroughly love it.

I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it.

Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'

I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.

I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.

I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children.

Memories are the only real gifts we can leave our children.

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.

Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is.

I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.