Quotes about children
children men
A man cannot become a child again, or he becomes childish. Karl Marx
children humanity suffering
I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age Kailash Satyarthi
children way poverty
We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.
children population-problem growth
Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.
children slave-labor slavery
A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.
children military school
We talk of globalization, and how much money is needed for the education of children in the world, their liberation and rehabilitation just $9 billion which is four days of military expense. Just four days. Nine billion dollars is nothing. But what Americans spent on ice cream just 20 percent of this. One fifth of what you spend on ice creams could bring the children out of the clutches of their masters and put them to school.
children past years
During the past few years North East India has emerged as one of the biggest destinations for child trafficking.
children philosophy thinking
My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is old people's rhetoric. People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This mindset needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from the children. Something I can learn from children is transparency. They are innocent, straightforward, and have no biases. I relate children to simplicity and I think that my friendship with children has a much deeper meaning than others.
children responsibility political-will
First of all, everyone must acknowledge and feel that child slavery still exists in the world, in its ugliest face and form. And this is an evil, which is crime against humanity, which is intolerable, which is unacceptable and which must go. That sense of recognition must be developed first of all. And secondly there is a need of higher amounts of political will. There is a need of higher amount of corporate engagement, and the engagement of the public towards it. So, everybody has a responsibility to save and protect the children on this planet.
children army world
I refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global spending on armies is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms.
children bones prosecutor
I am a prosecutor in my bones. When I see something, I immediately go to: how is this going to affect a child? Kamala Harris
children night phones
These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.
children reading levels
You don't have to care about children to care about children. One of the things that I talk a lot about is the fact of the importance of third-grade reading level. By the end of third grade, if the child is not at reading level, it'll drop off. They never catch up.
children believe i-believe
I believe that a child going without an education is a crime.
children giving needs
My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person. Kajol
children kids issues
Every parent craves for a child, and once their wishes come true, they feel that it's not possible for them to love anyone more that the first born. But the fact is, after you have the second issue, the feeling is, how can I not love the kid?
children faces fans
I've punched a fan in the face because he was obnoxious. I've also pinched a child and made him cry, but I was 10 then!
children people enjoy-life
A passionate interest in what you do is the secret of enjoying life...whether it is helping old people or children, or making cheese or growing earthworms. Julia Child
children boredom trying
Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources. Julia Cameron
children artist creative
Our internal artist is always our creative child.
children healing thinking
No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.
children names our-world
As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.
children artist drunk
I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in Judd Nelson
children taken thinking
We know about the issue of children being sold and adopted and taken away but what is so extraordinary is how these two people come through something like - how both of them do, in actual fact. I think that she's one of the most considerable people I've ever met, Philomena. Judi Dench
children eye simple
Children have become disengaged from nature and we need to reintroduce them to the pleasure that it brings. If we do that they will care for it. Through the simple act of planting a tree we can open their eyes to nature's beauty.
children mean wife
Success, and even life itself, wouldn't be worth anything if I didn't have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me. Jude Law
children expectations fundamentals
There’s nothing more haunting than the cry of a child that cannot be returned with food — the most fundamental expectation of every human being. Josette Sheeran
children faces female
Women are the face of hunger. Hunger has a female face. It affects women disproportionately, and therefore it affects children as well, and it gets passed on inter-generationally, too.
children health years
If a child in its first thousand days - from conception to two years old - does not have adequate nutrition, the damage is irreversible.
children health tuberculosis
Every 10 seconds we lose a child to hunger. This is more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
children book reading
I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know." Ann M. Martin "Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader. Joseph Joubert
children thinking america
I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change. Patti Smith
children parent four
I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.