Children Quotes

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

Any love involves loss, and that’s the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I’m with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary.

I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.

When we treat children’s play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that’s to be found in the creative spirit. It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.

When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.