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Quotes About Children

The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.
~ Loretta Lynn
If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.
~ Archibald Alexander
Our priorities require that all children of Palestine, men and women, be ready for conflict, both from the standpoint of training and from the standpoint of armament.
~ Ahmed Yassin
Do you have children? she asked. No. Why? The man answered that one had to have faith in the world to have children.
~ Alessandro Baricco
I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.
~ Lara Flynn Boyle
Men and women are different, but if women are good enough to run homes and raise children, then their influence ought to be good for politics.
~ Teresa Wright
In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.
~ Winston Churchill
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.
~ George Santayana
That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest.
~ Charles Tupper
Our ministry also supports orphanages in the U.S. and overseas, thousands of poor children in Latin America, drug centers for addicted men, and a drug center in Israel.
~ David Wilkerson
A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.
~ Frank Pittman
Kids, man, they're way too honest. They're like mini-alcoholics.
~ Gabriel Iglesias
The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
~ Guru Nanak
Children who are visual thinkers will often be good at drawing, other arts, and building things with building toys such as Legos.
~ Temple Grandin
Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion
~ Terence
The Clue in the Corn Maze Created by Gertrude Chandler Warner Illustrated by Robert Papp
~ Teresa Bateman
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.
~ Teresa of Avila
Maturity comes when we tend to our inner children and don't inflict them on our partners to care for.
~ Terrence Real
Good parenting requires three elements: nurturing, limit setting, and guidance.
~ Terrence Real
No generation in history has taken so seriously issues of health and well-being—both for ourselves and our children. And yet, nonetheless, we have never been lonelier. Our sense of community is breaking down, our sense of belonging has seldom felt weaker, and, silhouetted against this backdrop, couples that once loved one another have never had a more difficult time holding fast.
~ Terrence Real
Children's minds need not innately embody language structures, if languages embody the predispositions of children's minds!
~ Terrence W. Deacon
And the only answer I know is That no child should give up on life. Math deals in absolutes. But life is the most absolute of all.
~ Terri Fields
There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising her children. This time comes at the moment of conception. A child needs a role model, not a supermodel.
~ Terri Guillemets