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Quotes About Children

we should deal with children as God does with us, who makes us happiest when He lets us stagger in benevolent delusion.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wir sollen es mit den Kindern machen wie Gott mit uns, der uns am glücklichsten macht, wenn er uns in freundlichem Wahne so hintaumeln läßt.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Çocuklar ne istediklerini bilmezler. Bütün e?itimciler bu konuda ayn? dü?üncede. Ama yeti?kinler de bu dünyada çocuklar gibi sendeleye sendeleye dola??r, Onlar gibi nereden gelip nereye gittiklerini bilmezler. Gerçek ülkülere do?ru ko?maz, bisküviler ve çöreklerle avunurlar. Kimse buna inanmak istemez ama bence bunun kadar aç?k bir ?ey yoktur.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wilhelm, what is the world to our hearts without love? What is a magic-lantern without light? You have but to kindle the flame within, and the brightest figures shine on the white wall; and, if love only show us fleeting shadows, we are yet happy, when, like mere children, we behold them, and are transported with the splendid phantoms.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sind diese Geschöpfe Eure Kinder? Sie scheinen fürwahr ein Höllengesindel. Geht, ertränkt sie, das wäre das beste, damit sich die Brut nicht über die Erde verbreite! Wenn es die meinigen wären, ich erdrosselte sie.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As Eibach and colleagues point out, almost every generation believes that art and music and the work ethic and you name it are not as good now as they used to be, the moral climate has deteriorated, children are more spoiled now than they were twenty years ago, there is more crime, et cetera,
~ John A. Bargh
Some parents do not want to impose religious training upon their children, preferring instead to let them make up their own minds when they come of age. This stance is only superficially "liberal," for it deprives the children of any criteria for judging. The distinctive feature of Unitarian Universalist education is that young people are introduced to many religious traditions, challenged to formulate their own beliefs, and encouraged to respect the beliefs of others.
~ John A. Buehrens
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children
~ John Adams
Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.
~ John Adams
There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age.
~ John Agyekum Kufuor
Friendship with children is the key to influencing them the most.
~ John Arthur
Friendship with children increases their love for God.
~ John Arthur
Friendship with children increases their level of self - confidence.
~ John Arthur
just as children imagine a prayer / is merely silence...
~ John Ashbery
St. Fidgeta is the patroness of nervous and unmanageable children. Her shrine is the church of Santa Fidgeta in Tormento, near Fobbio in southern Italy. There one may see the miraculous statues of St. Fidgeta, attributed to the Catholic Casting Company of Chicago, Illinois. The statue has been seen to squirm noticeably on her feast day, and so on that day restless children from all over Europe have been dragged to the shrine by equally nervous, worn-out, and half-mad parents.
~ John Bellairs
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
~ John Boehner
Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.
~ John Bradshaw
Those children," he said, as he came back, "wanted to see the President of the United States, and I could not disappoint them. They may never have another chance. What a deep impression such things make when we are young!
~ John Burroughs
What will he [Satan] do first? Prevent spirits from coming to earth. How will he do this? He'll do all in his power to promote abortion. He'll convince people to have no children. He will raise fears about over population and encourage governments to make laws that limit the number of children couples can have. He'll do whatever he can to keep those spirits form coming!
~ John Bytheway
He suggests that contraceptive substances be added to basic foods.... Should a couple wish to have a child, they'd go to special stores to procure their food. Every child a wanted child.
~ John Cage
Technological errors made by government, industry [DDT, ABM, SST, CIA, etc.] are those of children, who, even thought they don't know what the score is, go on playing pre-technological games of power and profit.
~ John Cage
Children, who are dealt with more generously and more liberally by their fathers, do not hesitate to show them unfinished projects that they have only begun, or even spoiled a little. Even if they have not succeeded in doing quite what they wanted, they are confident that their obedience and readiness of mind will be accepted. Such children we ought to be, trusting confidently that our most lenient Father will approve of them, however small, rough, or imperfect they may be.
~ John Calvin
Scripture is also called gospel, that is, new and joyful news, because in it is declared that Christ, the sole true and eternal Son of the living God, was made man, to make us children of God his Father, by adoption. Thus
~ John Calvin
The Lord has adopted us to be his children on this condition that we reveal an imitation of Christ who is the mediator of our adoption. Unless we ardently and prayerfully devote ourselves to Christ's righteousness we do not only faithlessly revolt from our Creator, but we also abjure him as our Savior.
~ John Calvin