Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
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.
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
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