My Children Quotes

All I ever wanted was to make my parents proud. What happens when I can't be proud of them?" --Shea Evenstar

Beat your child once a day. If you don't know why he does.

Juvenile appraisals of other juveniles make up in clarity what they lack in charity.

Childhood - a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.

The great cathedral space which was childhood.

If children grew up according to early indications we should have nothing but geniuses.

William Blake really is important my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength.

When I was a child I spake as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child but when I became a man I put away childish things.

Children have more need of models than of critics.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardour for their curiosity their intolerance of shams the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

All children wear the sign: 'I want to be important NOW.' Many of our juvenile delinquency problems arise because nobody reads the sign.

If a child lives with approval he learns to live with himself.

What's done to children they will do to society.

Unlike grownups children have little need to deceive themselves.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots the other wings.

Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards.

There are only two things a child will share willingly - communicable diseases and his mother's age.

Children need love especially when they do not deserve it.

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived lives of the parents.

Books ... rarely if ever talk about what children can make of themselves about the powers that from the day or moment of birth are present in every child.

Through play, children experience a greater confidence in their bodies, surroundings and themselves. They become familiar with what they can and cannot do.

Toys can be anything

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism

Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.

Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through my divorce - I had three children, I was in show business and black. It was, like, impossible.

My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.

The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water, but we also know what it means to see our children to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.

I hope you will understand that architecture has nothing to do with the inventions of forms. It is not a playground for children, young or old. Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.

When you have little children, you want to tell them about joy and happiness and hope. And then comes the time you want to tell them there are tough moments. I admire people who can do that.

I hope my organization will not be around in 10 years, because at a national, state, and community level, we will have evolved into a society that cares about children and the need for play.

What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for some kind of answer to the question, 'What Can We Do?'

Children need teachers who have stars in their eyes themselves and who treat them with respect.

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.

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.

I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.

Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk to them as equals, and care about them.

There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - the chance to pursue whatever dreams they may have.

I hope my children just grow up happy and pursue their dreams. I mean, that's all I can ask of them.

We would not have been a successful family without my father and stepfather, who were working-class men with better dreams for their children. We just wore them out.

I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books.

I can't begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of 'Elf' on television has been for me. It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor.

I enjoy 'Murphy Brown, ' but I am shocked that people really like 'Married... With Children.' These shows are toilet humor, and none of them have good characters.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.

The gain is not the having of children it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.

Don't worry that children never listen to you worry that they are always watching you.

Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children.

That's my parenting style - 'Go watch the TV.' I'm one of 11 children, and my mother's parenting style was, 'There's the TV. Go watch it. Mommy's got 10 other people to take care of.'

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.