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Quotes About Children

Teach the Scriptures to your children daily, discipline your children consistently, and love your children unconditionally. If you do these things, you will have acted biblically.
~ Paul Washer
Kindness to children, love for children, goodness to children-- these are the only investments that never fail.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don't even think about the opinions of others.
~ Miguel Angel Ruiz
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
~ Leonard Cohen
God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the world to condemn them, that they may not love the world, the world hates them.
~ Richard Sibbes
It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone.
~ Marian Wright Edelman
I want to make my contribution to humanity so that there will be no more Auschwitzes. Children who are born wanted and are given love and attention will not build concentration camps.
~ Henry Morgentaler
Love is the root of creation; God's essence; worlds without number Lie in his bosom like children; he made them for this purpose only. Only to love and to be loved again.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I'm not exactly sure how many kids I have, but yes, I do miss them officially, for the record. In case any of them are listening, I love you.
~ Tre Cool
If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.
~ David Sobel
I don't think anything is forever, but when my kids tell me they love me, that's forever.
~ Steven Tyler
What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn.
~ Jim Trelease
By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will have to give away.
~ Wayne Dyer
The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.
~ Zig Ziglar
So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world.
~ Isadora Duncan
What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.
~ David Sobel
Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children
~ Alfie Kohn
When you have children it completely shifts your focus; they become the most passionate love of your life...
~ Louis de Bernieres
I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.
~ Johnny Depp
I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough.
~ Johnny Vegas
The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.
~ Jojo Moyes
Who was it who had said you were only as happy as your unhappiest child?
~ Jojo Moyes
That's the thing you don't know about children unless you have them—bath time, Lego, and fish fingers don't allow you to dwell on tragedy for too long.
~ Jojo Moyes
I'd like to hope you end up a miserable, lonely woman. But actually, I hope you have children one day, Ellie Haworth. Then you'll know how it feels to be vulnerable. And to have to fight, to be constantly vigilant, just to make sure your children get to grow up with a father.
~ Jojo Moyes