My Children Quotes

Did you ever meet a mother that complained that her child phoned her too often? Me neither.

The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.

Which would you prefer? To be king of the mountain for a day? Or to be a child of God for eternity?

If the child has not an object that it can occupy itself with, it feels ennui; for it does not yet know how to occupy itself with itself.

There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

There is a place in you that you must keep inviolate, a place that you must keep clean. A place where you say to any intruder, "Back up, don't you know I'm a child of God.

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.

There is a great fear that plagues only romantics and children... it is that they might be alright alone.

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.

Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.

The magic, the wonder, the mystery and the innocence of a child’s heart are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world.

You can't regulate child labor. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

They are living in the moment. They are not ashamed of the past; they are not worried about the future. Little children express what they feel, and they are not afraid to love.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.

God has lots of children in the church today; I'm honestly not sure He has many friends.

People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.

You know, the critics never change; I'm still getting the same notices I used to get as a child. They tell me I play very well for my age.

What is difficult about learning - any kind of learning - is that you have to give up what you know already to make room for the new ideas. Children are much better at it than grownups.

And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.

Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers.

By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems.

People think that children don't know anything. It's enough to make you wonder if grownups were ever children once upon a time.

My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'

We each have the kind of children we deserve.

Oh, I'm definitely a wild child.

Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.

Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

[My] Books are like puppies and children: you love each one for different reasons. I don't actually have a favorite because, if I were honest, I'm always more excited about what is coming.

I have a theory that children remember two things-when you weren't there and when they threw up.

I want to help children in Serbia and around the world so they can realize their dreams.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.

For toddlers I suggest leaving their mittens on year-round, indoors and out. That way they can't get into aspirin bottles, liquor cabinets, or boxes of kitchen matches.

You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

I know I wanted to be with somebody and have children. My heart comes before my work.

Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft.

What are so mysterious as the eyes of a child?

Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!

We have far too many kids. At one time in the playpen there was standing-room only. It looked like a bus stop for midgets. It used to get so damp in there, we'd have a rainbow above it.

When it comes to determining child custody, however, sexism is the rule.

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.