Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
I love the idea that 'a person is a person no matter how small'.
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother
Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.
Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.
When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.
Children should enjoy the few years they have just being a kid.
I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend's house and staying up late and watching 'Nosferatu.' Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.
The hardest part about being a kid is knowing you have got your whole life ahead of you.
I just like being a kid. I enjoy it, I don't want to grow up.
Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
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