It’s not the words but the music that counts.
BENJAMIN SPOCKIt’s not the words but the music that counts.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
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In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.”
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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I’m not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.
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It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
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The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
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Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers.
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All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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