Your children need your presence more than your presents.
If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness, for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable.
If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.
Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.
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