Quotes about children
children different shapes
How different other families were, the shape of them, the things they presumed, the children that grew up in them. Margo Lanagan
children character ideas
I never liked the whole idea of [creating your own] background, if it's not pertinent, where the character lived as a child, and who I was and how I was. That never helped me in any way, so I don't even do that. Maria Bello
children russia parent
About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia. Martin Lewis Perl
children war years
It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.
children school parent
A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.
children two giving
If I give you two children films then come back and give you an adult film. I just love mixing it up and not being pegged into one specific thing. Martin Lawrence
children husband mean
A host of positive psychological changes inevitably will result from widespread economic security. The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the means to seek self-improvement. Personal conflicts among husbands, wives and children will diminish when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated. Martin Luther King, Jr.
children ghetto government
I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government.... There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward Jim Clark,' but will curse and damn you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward little brown Vietnamese children!' There is something wrong with that press....
children men white-man
It was argued that the Negro was inferior by nature because of Noah's curse upon the children of Ham.... The greatest blasphemy of the whole ugly process was that the white man ended up making God his partner in the exploitation of the Negro.
children men inspire
Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and good will toward men is the nonviolent affirmation of the sacredness of all human life. Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
children light our-generation
History will have to recordThat the greatest tragedy of this period of social transitionWas not the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad peopleBut the appalling silence and indifference of the good.Our generation will have to repent notOnly for the words and actions of the children of darknessBut also for the fears and apathy of thechildren of light.
children humble past
Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have rolled past and when the blazing light of truth is focused on this marvelous age in which we live - men and women will know and children will be taught that we have a finer land, a better people, a more noble civilization - because these humble children of God were willing to suffer for righteousness' sake.
children real dark
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the qu icksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
children feelings want
I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a good education. I don't ever want you to forget that there are millions of God's children who will not and cannot get a good education, and I don't want you feeling that you are better than they are. For you will never be what you ought to be until they are what they ought to be.
children fire bombs
I'm very glad Christ tells us to love our neighbor and not to like our neighbor because it's hard to like someone threatening your children and throwing fire bombs through your window, but He asks us to love them and that I can do
children heart reason
Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
children reality justice
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
children two america
The Negro is the child of two cultures - Africa and America. The problem is that in the search for wholeness all too many Negroes seek to embrace only one side of their natures.
children needs our-children
Our children need our presence, not our presents.
children school years
School takes 13 years, because that is how long it takes to break a child's spirit.
children america use
If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell.
children men child-of-god
Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
children making-love grace
The way I played music there was the way I wanted to farm, chop wood, cook, make love, raise children. Everything. A lo of it had to do with things I felt while I played. If only I could feel that sense of total absorption in what I was doing when I was doing other things. It was more than absorption, it was spontaneity, competence, a sense of grace and playfulness, of being in touch with an inexhaustible source of energy and beauty. Mark Vonnegut
children military war
I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.
children parent just-being
99.9% of being a good parent is just being present with your child. On the flipside of that, 100% of being happy is just being present. Mark Webber
children parent earth
I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children. Mark Udall
children dad mistake
I'm much more concerned with being a good dad than a good actor, being there for my children, educating them and hopefully helping them avoid some of the mistakes that I've made. Mark Wahlberg
children government generations
Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. Mark Kirk
children environmental our-environment
We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us. Mark Kennedy
children school kids
There's a perception that's been put out into the marketplace by No Child Left Behind that schools aren't doing enough for kids. Mark Jackson
children enemy god-love
This is the love of God, an alchemy that can turn enemies into children. Mark Buchanan
children hate beef
Fish sticks and beef stew that millions of children love to hate. Marian Burros
children adventure mean
A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they've had since time began. Marguerite Duras