My Children Quotes

Having disciples is in the end like having children, only not with love but with self-love preeminent.

I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world.

The world tips away when we look into our children's faces.

If I want my children to learn what bomba and plena is, I will teach them.

It's wrenching enough to lose the man who is your lover, your companion, your best friend, the father of your children, without losing yourself as well.

I'm thrilled to feel that I can rely on myself totally and absolutely; that my children are being brought up so that when they meet a problem they can't cop out by foisting it off on God.

I fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I'm taking action. Please join me.

I hope my child will be a good Catholic like me.

When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, 'What will we tell our children in fifty years when they ask what we did when the people in Iraq were dying.'

We need human security: food, education, health care for our children.

I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs...but to teach my faith to my children...and to share it with anyone who will listen...that is my right too!

If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.

I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back.

There is no amount of money, time or energy too great to spend on our children. They are our angels, our future. In failing them, we are failing ourselves.

The way I see it, we teach our children through modeling.

My books are like my children. I love them all.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home."

We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us.

We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.

This is a truism of child-raising, of course - whatever you give special time and attention to cooking, your children will despise and reject, with annoying gagging sounds.

Never give advice to your children unless you have it in writing and notarized.

Hey, if I had my choice for social engineering, I'd declare an automatic R-rating for any movie that depicts television commercials. There's a truly dangerous influence on our children.

One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going back.

The most satisfying thing in my life and my career is to work with my children.

Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879.

What's important to have is a president that's focused on jobs, the economy, giving our children a better future and keeping our nation strong and safe.

I appeal: Learn with me the lessons of history and of grace, so my children will not be afraid to say the word 'AIDS' when I am gone. Then, their children and yours may not need to whisper it at all.

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books.

My children's books are written on the belief that every child has a talent and a passion. Each story unfolds into an adventure of nurturing that confidence until a passion blooms.

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

When you raise girls, you're raising children for strangers.

If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves.

You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

That's a powerful way to love, when you accept your children, however they emerge, with all their peculiarities.

I paid more attention to the way I looked before my children were born. Afterward, it wasnt important to look exactly right.

That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.

One of my favorite things is watching my children learn something new. The combination of innocence and excitement makes a parent feel truly alive, even if only for a second and peripherally.

No one sane would let a first-century dentist fill their children's teeth. Why then do we allow first-century theologians to fill our children's minds?

Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

I don't really read children's books or deal with children's books, so I don't have any relationship with them other than my own.

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

What I really want for my children is that they be loved and that they be happy and that they lead a good life.

There's nothing worse than poisoning our children's minds.

"What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?" she asked. "To believe that your children will be just like you."

When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.

I am only as good as my children are.