John Wooden on children
John Wooden71 quotes“The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
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No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Young people need models, not critics.
John WoodenJohn Wooden The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
John WoodenJohn Wooden All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
John WoodenJohn Wooden If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John WoodenJohn Wooden We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
John WoodenJohn Wooden A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
John WoodenJohn Wooden I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
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Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
Bette DavisBette Davis Children have a master to teach them, grown-ups have the poets.
AristophanesAristophanes I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can’t find a way of avoiding it.
Brigitte BardotBrigitte Bardot Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
AristophanesAristophanes Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
Bette DavisBette Davis The imagination is precious. Don’t lose it. Don’t lose the child in you.
Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults?
Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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