Our Children Quotes - Page 11

• I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent.

  Robert Winston

  Children, Believe, Eggs

  "Epiphanies: Lord Robert Winston". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. June 4, 2006.

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• Our children lost our direction because they have been compromised. They have found freedom at the ballot box, and then they have taken on plastic chains around their minds and souls and mortgage their future on credit cards. They have to learn better - they have to learn the value of ideas and health as opposed to wealth.

  Andrew Young

  Children, Taken, Ideas

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• We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

  Brigham Young

  Motivational, Family, Success

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• When tragedy strikes, or even when it looms, our families will have the opportunity to look into our hearts to see whether we know what we said we knew. Our children will watch, feel the Spirit confirm that we lived as we preached, remember that confirmation, and pass the story across the generations.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Children, Heart, Opportunity

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• September 11 We thought we'd outdistanced history Told our children it was nowhere near; Even when history struck Columbine, It didn't happen here. We took down the maps in the classroom, And when they were safely furled, We told the young what they wanted to hear, That they were immune from a menacing world. But history isn't a folded-up map, Or an unread textbook tome; Now we know history's a fireman's child Waiting at home alone.

  Richard Peck

  Children, Home, Waiting

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• All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.

  Katherine Paterson

  Children, Book, Taken

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• The choice I mean is to protect our own innocents from the seraphim, instead of slaughtering theirs." "There are no innocent seraphim, said the wolf." "That's what they say when they kill our children.

  Laini Taylor

  Children, Mean, Choices

  Laini Taylor (2012). “Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.300, Hachette UK

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• What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal.

  Chinua Achebe

  Children, Book, Prose Poetry

  Chinua Achebe (2012). “There Was a Country: A Memoir”, p.44, Penguin

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• We cannot build on peace on blood. We are still so addicted to this lie. We have this fantasy that we honor the dead by adding to their number. What we need to do is remember that these bodies bury us. This ocean of blood that we create through the fantasy that violence brings virtue drowns us, drowns our children, drowns our future, drowns the world. We have to understand that when we pour these endless young bodies into this pit of death, we follow.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Children, Lying, Ocean

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• We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Education, Children, Fear

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• The past lives within the present, and our ancestors breathe through our children.

  Elif Safak

  Children, Past, Breathe

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• God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find more ways to spend it. It's not so we can indulge ourselves and spoil our children. It's not so we can insulate ourselves from needing God's provision. It's so we can give and give generously (2 Corinthians 8:14; 9:11)

  Randy Alcorn

  Children, Giving, Needs

  Randy Alcorn (2012). “The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving”, p.78, Multnomah

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• The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to spread one’s influence wide to learn how to go deep. The world we want for ourselves and our children will not emerge from electronic speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in our souls. Then, and only then, will we create a world that reflects the heart instead of shattering it.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Children, Moving

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• Watch over our child. Guide him safely from the ways of harm. Keep happy his heart, brave his soul, and rosy his cheeks. Guard with your life his hopes and dreams, for he is all that we have, all that we are, and all that we will ever be.

  William Joyce

  Dream, Children, Heart

  William Joyce (2011). “The Man in the Moon”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• You're welcome in my house when this is over. We'll open a cask of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.

  Robert Jordan

  Children, Clouds, Space

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.277, Macmillan

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• Cure" is one of the most precious words in the English language. It's a short word. A clean and simple word. But it isn't so easy a thing as it sounds. There are questions like: How will this affect us in ten years? In twenty? What will it do to our children? Our children's children?

  Lauren DeStefano

  Children, Simple, Years

  Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.328, Simon and Schuster

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• The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn't exist, and I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

  Brené Brown

  Children, Real, Mistake

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.22, Penguin

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• [I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely to grow into adults who can find these resources within themselves later on. (from the introduction)

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Support, Understanding

  Fred Rogers (2005). “Mr Rogers Parenting”

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• We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.

  Richard Louv

  Nature, Children, Memories

  Richard Louv (2008). “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder”, p.316, Algonquin Books

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• Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our children. Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words—like 'aggression' and even 'violence'. Real strength is neither male nor female; but it is, quite simply, one of the finest characteristics that a human being can possess.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Real, Believe

  Fred Rogers (2003). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

  Brené Brown

  Children, Stronger, World

  "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead". Book by Brené Brown, September 11, 2012.

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• We’re suckers for this, Sydney. Men. You’ve got me completely helpless right now. You’re so beautiful and alluring, and we guys can’t help ourselves. We fight wars for you, cajole you . . . and you put up with us. We have it easy here in bed.” She turned my face toward hers. “This wasn’t exactly difficult for me.” “But we still have it easy. You’re the strength, the pillars . . . our defenders, our children’s defenders.

  Richelle Mead

  Beautiful, Children, War

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.170, Penguin

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• Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

  Lyman Abbott

  Baby, Children, Crazy

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• We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Dream, Time, Memories

  1841 Journal entry, 19 Feb.

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• Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Children, Years

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.41, BookBaby

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