Your Children Quotes

With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm there to learn from my daughters. They are the perfect spirits.

Certainly it is important to work hard for your children, but if the only legacy you can give them is money it is a poor legacy indeed.

Teach by example and treat yourself the way you would want your children to treat themselves.

Talk about your negative experiences with the father, with your girlfriends. Not with your children. And bite your tongue when it comes to diminishing, denying, dismissing, name-calling.

If you would train your children rightly, train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would.

I don't care how old your children get, you're always a dad.

There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.

My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.

To think of your creations in terms of better or worse- big mistake. They are your children.

Have unconditional love to your children no matter what happens. Give them time even in the midst of this busy life - be one on one with them.

If you do not give your children freedom, when they grow up, they will break away from the family, and then your hearts will be broken.

The question I hate the most is "How did you DO it - write novels and raise your children simultaneously!" I mean, do MALE authors get asked that??

You want your children to be safe. You want your families to be safe. We know that.

When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they belong to the world.

See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.

The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.

Don't let your children take priority over your marriage and your work and everything else.

Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.

I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City!

People should tell your children what life is all about - it's about work.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

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

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.

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.

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

If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.

Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbour.

Government does not do ANYthing as well as the private sector does, and that includes educating your children.

It's sad to see that something you have done or the decisions that you have made affect your children in a negative way.

To all fathers and mothers of the Church, tell your children that you love them and that you are so happy to have them in your family.

Teach your children not to strive for high self-esteem. This is nothing less than teaching them arrogance, conceit and superiority feelings.

If we're lucky we realize that life is really about family - your children, your family and your friends. Without that, the rest is hollow.

In a sense the physical connectedness that you feel with your children as a mother changes as they become independent.

If your children see that you are seeking, they will seek-the finding part is up to God.

Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down to eat.

I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.

It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.

I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.

There's nothing more heart-breaking than watching your children suffer.

You are in a position to create wealth not only for yourself but for your children and your children's children.

You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.

How could I have been a wife, a mother and a singer? Who takes care of the piccolini when you go around the world? Your children would not call you Mama, but Renata.

The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be, it will fasten conviction on their minds, however wicked they may become.

No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children by genetic means. Each new generation starts from scratch.

If you teach your children nothing else, teach them the Golden Rule and "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

Attend your children's athletic events. There's nothing better than watching your child succeed while absolutely loving the opportunity to play in front of you.

It takes no courage to make war, particularly if you're not going to go and your children are not going to go.

I worry about putting food on the table, paying for my kids needs, their college fees in years to come. It's about earning enough to have a living to be able to look after your children.