Quotes about children
children father rain
Motherhood goes back in history to a time when a father had no way of knowing his children. Fatherhood only became known when class patriarchal society had established itself and imposed monogamous marriage on women. Motherhood is like sun and rain and plants, a quality and product of nature which does not require laws or systems in order to exist. Nawal El Saadawi
children done too-much
Those who do too much for their children will soon find they can do nothing with their children. So many children have been so much done for they are almost done in. Neal A. Maxwell
children joy serious
God is very serious about joy in the lives of His children. Neal A. Maxwell
children light helping
If we spent as much time lifting our children as we do criticizing them, how effectively we could help them to see themselves in a more positive light! Neal A. Maxwell
children rocks world
You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms. Neal A. Maxwell
children careers wedding-day
I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that. Natasha Hamilton
children thinking
I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in. Natalie Wood
children home russia
Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for more than one million children in my homeland and I have founded scholarships in the names of my great Russian compatriots - Oistrakh, Richter, Gilels, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Schnittke. Mstislav Rostropovich
children self water
[Somali maritime violence] is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a piracy, it is self defence. It is defending the Somalia children's food. Muammar al-Gaddafi
children pox mama
My mama told me I was already in a hurry as a child. I even had measles and chicken pox at the same time Muhammad Ali
children school men
I live. I travel. I eat. I pray. These are the things I do. I'd rather be in my condition than be a man with four children in a four-bedroom house, working hard every day to pay for his house, taking his children to school. Muhammad Ali
children couple black-and-white
I don't see no black and white couples in England or America walking around proud holding their children and going out. Muhammad Ali
children intelligent looks
It's ain't sad that I want my child to look like me? Every intelligent person wants their child to look like him. Muhammad Ali
children war giving
The same people that are with me for not going to Vietnam because I saved them and their children.The same people will give me hell if I turn to them and say, 'let's free my people now'.They're with me on one part of my beliefs about the war, that's all. Not for my freedom. Muhammad Ali
children mean men
No black man wants a blue-eyed black child, and no white man wants a kinky-haired white child. Nature didn't mean it to be that way. Muhammad Ali
children father decision
I tried to be the greatest boxer in the world and a good parent, too. I had instant feedback on my success as a boxer. Often, parents don't really know if what they are doing is right or wrong until their child is grown and it is too late to change any of the decisions. Whatever my failings as a parent, I am very proud of all my children. It wasn't easy for them to make their own way with such a controversial and public father. Muhammad Ali
children want way
Enjoy your children, even when they don't act the way you want them to Muhammad Ali
children silly happy-kid
Children make you want to start life over. Muhammad Ali
children school thinking
And before our current legislature adjourns, we intend to become the first state of full and true choice by saying to every low and middle-income Hoosier family, if you think a non-government school is the right one for your child, you're as entitled to that option as any wealthy family; here's a voucher, go sign up. Mitch Daniels
children believe government
I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do. Mitch Daniels
children school hard-work
And this year, when we end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who cannot read into fourth grade, and when our most diligent students begin to graduate from high school in 11 years, and get a head start on college costs with the dollars they earned through their hard work, others will take notice of Indiana yet again. Mitch McConnell
children hate evil
I was modest--they accused me of being crafty: I became secretive. I felt deeply good and evil--nobody caressed me, everybody offended me: I became rancorous. I was gloomy--other children were merry and talkative. I felt myself superior to them--but was considered inferior: I became envious. I was ready to love the whole world--none understood me: and I learned to hate. Mikhail Lermontov
children fall soul
When we retire from the conventions of society and draw close to nature, we involuntarily become children: each attribute acquired by experience falls away from the soul, which becomes anew such as it was once and will surely be again. Mikhail Lermontov
children long once-upon-a-time
Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked... Mikhail Bulgakov
children two class
God did not create two classes of children or human beings-only one. Marian Wright Edelman
children america long
There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage. Marian Wright Edelman
children educational birth-defects
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes. Marian Wright Edelman
children believe people
As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and strength and backward to draw on the values and legacies of our families, ancestors, and communities. Marian Wright Edelman
children killing crisis
The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children. Marian Wright Edelman
children kids needs
Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don't want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them. Marian Wright Edelman
children suffering earth
Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success. Marian Wright Edelman
children long giving
I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back. Marian Wright Edelman
children ifs
If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much. Marian Wright Edelman