Quotes about children
children father eye
And David saw himself reflected in the Woodsman's eyes, and there he was no longer old but a young man, for a man is always his father's child no matter how old he is or how long they have been apart. John Connolly
children book land
He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be read, and how everything that they ever needed to know about life and the land of which he wrote, or about any land or realm that they could imagine, was contained in books. And some of the children understood, and some did not.
children lying adults
For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.
children spring eye
The snow has left the cottage top; The thatch moss grows in brighter green; And eaves in quick succession drop, Where grinning icicles have been, Pit-patting with a pleasant noise In tubs set by the cottage door; While duck and geese, with happy joys, Plunge in the yard pond brimming over. The sun peeps through the window pane: Which children mark with laughing eye, And in the wet street steal again To tell each other spring is night. John Clare
children writing thinking
I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product. John Cleese
children long rich
After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy. John Brunner
children government america
So then because some towns in England are not represented, America is to have no representative at all. They are our children; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a stone. John Bright
children giving fooled
Children aren't fooled. They know we give time to the things we love. John Bradshaw
children risk world
Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.
children self discipline
Children need parents who model self-discipline rather than preach it. They learn from what their parents are actually willing to do; not from what they say they do.
children believe past
I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.
children wife may
However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.
children father restoration
We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those of our Heavenly Father's children who will embrace the message of the Restoration. M. Russell Ballard
children home order
Family councils, led by righteous, loving parents who are striving to teach their children to love and respect each other, can make a difference in creating a sense of discipline, order and loving cooperation in the home.
children opportunity two
Of all the opportunities my priesthood authority affords, there is none grander than the privilege of being in one of our temples and representing the Master in officiating in the marriage of two of His worthy, righteous children.
children father believe
I believe our Heavenly Father’s everlasting purpose for His children is generally achieved by the small and simple things we do for one another. At the heart of the English word ‘atonement’ is the word ‘one.’ If all mankind understood this, there would never be anyone with whom we would not be concerned, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, or social or economic standing. We would strive to emulate the Savior and would never be unkind, indifferent, disrespectful, or insensitive to others.
children addiction kind
Those of you who have fallen prey to any kind of addiction, there is hope because God loves all of His children
children giving discipline
Good discipline requires time. When we have no time to give our children, or no time that we are willing to give, we don't even observe them closely enough to become aware of when their need for our disciplinary assistance is expressed subtley. M. Scott Peck
children parent quality
The time and the quality of the time that their parents devote to them indicate to children the degree to which they are valued by their parents. . . . When children know that they are valued, when they truly feel valued in the deepest parts of themselves, then they feel valuable. This knowledge is worth more than any gold.
children teaching discipline
When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.
children realizing enough
Listen to your child enough and you will come to realize that he or she is quite an extraordinary individual. And the more extraordinary you realize your child to be the more you will be willing to listen. And the more you will learn.
children plant
Plants are as responsive to thought as children. Luther Burbank
children people waiting
I like to tell young people - you know one in four children die by their own hands - no matter how bad things seem, just wait a day, wait a week. Life will turn around. Lurlene McDaniel
children simple healthy
In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living.
children parent heredity
Heredity: the traits that a disobedient child gets from the other parent.
children theology sufferers
Children are the greatest sufferers from outgrown theologies.
children giving dogmatic
Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature
children butterfly animal
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.
children cutting firsts
Your child’s future was the first to go with budget cuts. Lupe Fiasco
children artist hip-hop
I definitely want to work with Thom Yorke. I want to work with Damien Marley; there's a few international artists I wouldn't mind working with - like Massacre Children would be ill, and I still have an affinity for the U.K. hip hop scene.
children want teach
If I want my children to learn what bomba and plena is, I will teach them. Luis Guzman
children reading sleep
Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember. Louise Brown
children parent wish
The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!