"…I love my family, my children . . . but inside myself is a place where I live all alone…" ~Pearl S Buck"Family stories told for ages,
"The family is a haven in a heartless world." ~Christopher Lasch
Daydreams tucked between life's pages,
Teardrops spent and laughter shared,
Questions asked, adventures dared,
Memories stir the heart because
There's joy found in
"the way it was."
~Emily Matthews
"Family is not an important thing, it’s everything." ~Michael J. Fox
"Family is the one constant element in life." ~Unattributed by Louie Tugas
"Family is the strong tie that holds you to the ground." ~Michelle Peters, Family Friends Poem
"Family is where life begins, and love never ends." ~Anon
"My greatest treasure is my Family. We may not be perfect and our tree has a few nuts, but I love them with all my heart." ~Anon
"The family that prays together, stays together." ~Proverb
"Love elderly people as your parents, love children as your own." ~Mencius
“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” ~Albert Einstein
To the outside world
We all grow old.
But not to brothers and sisters.
We know each other as we always were.
We know each other's hearts.
We share private family jokes.
We remember family feuds and secrets,
Family griefs and joys.
We live outside
The touch of time.
~Clara Ortega
We all grow old.
But not to brothers and sisters.
We know each other as we always were.
We know each other's hearts.
We share private family jokes.
We remember family feuds and secrets,
Family griefs and joys.
We live outside
The touch of time.
~Clara Ortega
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BABY:
“A baby is a blessing. A gift from heaven above, a precious little angel to cherish and to love.” ~Anon
"A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.” ~Carl Sandburg
"A new Little Hand to Hold
A new Little Heart to Love"
"It's beautiful to watch a baby in a home where they are surrounded by love begin to develop and grow. The ability of that precious little one to have no fear and know that whatever happens arms of love and compassion keep them safe and secure as they struggle through the challenges of growth is a Beautiful thing to behold." ~Bob Hildreth
"Love, Joy, and Wonderful Dreams
All the sweet things
A new Baby brings."
~Anon
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CHILDREN
"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.” ~Paulo Coelho
"A child's innocence and purity is shown through her straight no-nonsense language expressed with clarity."~Leah C. Dancel, 15 June 2013
"A child's love knows no bounds." ~James Carter
"A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.” ~Charles and Ann Morse
"A child's shoulders were not built to bear the weight of their parents choices." ~Anon
"A child is fed with milk and praise." ~Mary Lamb
"A child is your greatest blessing. They are gift from God and should be treated as such." ~Anon
"A child may not know what direction he is going, but when he is attached to you, he doesn't feel lost." ~Gordon Neufeld
"A child who reads will be an adult who thinks." ~Anon
“A child will change your life.” ~unattributed
"A cousin is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost." ~Marion C. Garretty
"A daughter is a Mother's treasure and a Father's pride and joy." ~Anon
"A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give." ~Lessons Learned in Life
"A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” ~Bruce Barton
"A daughter is a Mother's treasure and a Father's pride and joy." ~Anon
"A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give." ~Lessons Learned in Life
"A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” ~Bruce Barton
"A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart." ~Anon
"A favorite doll is sometimes all that's needed to calm a child down and bring peace to a family." ~Jeff Diver
"A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a noose." ~Hortense Calisher
"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." ~Forest E. Witcraft
"A lifetime [or, eternity] is a child playing, playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child." ~Heraclitus (c. 535-475 B.C.), Greek philosopher.
"A little girl fills a place in her father's heart that he never knew was empty" ~Anon
"A parent's life is a child's guidebook." ~Anon
"A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap." ~Danish Proverb
"A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life." ~Isadora James
"A smile from my child, reminds me how rewarding motherhood is." ~Anon
"A son is a son till he takes him a wife; a daughter is a daughter all of her life." ~Irish Sayings
"All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them." ~Magic Johnson
“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.” ~Marie Curie
"Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they ever find?" ~Samuel Johnson
"Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they ever find?" ~Samuel Johnson
"Always remember to be kind...especially to children. Their gifts are unconditional." ~John Edward
"As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it." ~Buddy Hackett
"As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it." ~Buddy Hackett
"Babies and children feel nurture and care as love. So we do when we are ill, so do our elders when they are in rest homes. Nurture and Care." ~Dance with me in the Heart
"Babies are born with highly developed sensory and language capabilities." ~Reflections, Educators: The Early Years Learning Framework in Action
"Babies need social interactions with loving adults who talk with them, listen to their babblings, name objects for them, and give them opportunities to explore their worlds." ~Sandra Scarr
"Becoming a child again enables you to dance madly to The Wiggles and play in the park to your heart's content. Best of all, it's more fun than the first time around." ~Kate Duthie
"Before a child speaks, it sings.
Before they write, they paint.
As soon as they stand, they dance.
Art is the basis of human expression."
~Phylicia Rashad
“Before we ever put a pencil in a child’s hands, those hands should dig, climb, press, push, pull, squish, twist, and pinch in a wide array of environments and with a variety of materials.” ~Amanda Morgan
"Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first." ~Matthew Jacobson
“Behold, children are a gift of the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.”
~Grandma's (I love my family )
"Believe in your children, and they will believe in themselves too." ~Vicki Reece
"Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness."~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Bless your children regularly. Release the anointing of God into their lives to accomplish the divine destiny God has for each of them." ~John Hagee Ministries
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe or call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard (1933-1966), American journalist and writer
"Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family." ~Barbara Bush
"Childhood is the first inescapable political situation each of us has to negotiate. You are powerless. You are on the wrong side in every aspect. Besides that, there's the size thing." ~June Jordan
"Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is." ~Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Children are a breath of fresh air. They are pure love, uninhibited,uncensored, imaginative, hilarious little beings. They are everything we've forgotten how to be. If you don't have any of your own, go to a playground, or somewhere that they gather, and just watch for awhile. As my bestfriend Cat used to say "Don't forget to smell the crayons." ~Alternative Medicine for Everyone
"Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature. Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living." ~Zenobia Barlow
"Children are flowers that bloom in your heart everyday. And I love mine more than words could ever say." ~Mountain Wisdom
"Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace." ~James Russell Lowell
"Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.” ~Anon
"Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them." ~Dr. James C. Dobson
"Children are not for making your dreams come true - or to be what you were never able to be. They are born to be themselves. Let them soar and dream so that they find happiness becoming their own person." ~The ManKind Project
"Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same." ~Marianne Williamson
"Children are our precious gems, precious in the eyes of God. How we mold them, how we care for them, is our way of thanking God for this wonderful gift..the GIFT OF LIFE." ~Crispulo Bacud Tappa
"Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship." ~Dr. Laura
"Children are resilient and strong with powerful spirits." ~Rhea Perlman
"Children are the anchors that hold mother's to life." ~Daisy Langenegger
"Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven." ~Henry Ward Beecherar
"Children are the ones that know exactly what's going on in the world. They see more than adults, believe in more, are honest and will always, always let you know where you stand." ~Cecelia Ahern
"Children are the ones that matter most, they are the true human beings ." ~Native Americans
"Children are the only human beings left in this world with clear conscience and common sense. Truth is embedded in their soul and etched on their face." ~Leah C. Dancel, April 7, 2018
"Children are the proof we've been here... they are the best thing and the most impossible thing." ~Allison Pearson
"Children are the seeds of our future. Plant love in their hearts and water them with wisdom and life’s lessons. When they are grown, give them space to grow." ~Native American Code of Ethics
"Children are the true connoisseurs. What's precious to them has no price, only value." ~Bel Kaufman
"Children blossom when given responsibility." ~First Grade Fun Times
"Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty." ~Honoré De Balzac (1799-1850)
"Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them." ~Bruce Perry
"Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first." ~Matthew Jacobson
“Behold, children are a gift of the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.”
~Grandma's (I love my family )
"Believe in your children, and they will believe in themselves too." ~Vicki Reece
"Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness."~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Bless your children regularly. Release the anointing of God into their lives to accomplish the divine destiny God has for each of them." ~John Hagee Ministries
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe or call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard (1933-1966), American journalist and writer
"Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family." ~Barbara Bush
"Childhood is the first inescapable political situation each of us has to negotiate. You are powerless. You are on the wrong side in every aspect. Besides that, there's the size thing." ~June Jordan
"Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is." ~Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Children are a breath of fresh air. They are pure love, uninhibited,uncensored, imaginative, hilarious little beings. They are everything we've forgotten how to be. If you don't have any of your own, go to a playground, or somewhere that they gather, and just watch for awhile. As my bestfriend Cat used to say "Don't forget to smell the crayons." ~Alternative Medicine for Everyone
"Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature. Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living." ~Zenobia Barlow
"Children are flowers that bloom in your heart everyday. And I love mine more than words could ever say." ~Mountain Wisdom
"Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace." ~James Russell Lowell
"Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.” ~Anon
"Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them." ~Dr. James C. Dobson
"Children are not for making your dreams come true - or to be what you were never able to be. They are born to be themselves. Let them soar and dream so that they find happiness becoming their own person." ~The ManKind Project
"Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same." ~Marianne Williamson
"Children are our precious gems, precious in the eyes of God. How we mold them, how we care for them, is our way of thanking God for this wonderful gift..the GIFT OF LIFE." ~Crispulo Bacud Tappa
"Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship." ~Dr. Laura
"Children are resilient and strong with powerful spirits." ~Rhea Perlman
"Children are the anchors that hold mother's to life." ~Daisy Langenegger
"Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven." ~Henry Ward Beecherar
"Children are the ones that know exactly what's going on in the world. They see more than adults, believe in more, are honest and will always, always let you know where you stand." ~Cecelia Ahern
"Children are the ones that matter most, they are the true human beings ." ~Native Americans
"Children are the only human beings left in this world with clear conscience and common sense. Truth is embedded in their soul and etched on their face." ~Leah C. Dancel, April 7, 2018
"Children are the proof we've been here... they are the best thing and the most impossible thing." ~Allison Pearson
"Children are the seeds of our future. Plant love in their hearts and water them with wisdom and life’s lessons. When they are grown, give them space to grow." ~Native American Code of Ethics
"Children are the true connoisseurs. What's precious to them has no price, only value." ~Bel Kaufman
"Children blossom when given responsibility." ~First Grade Fun Times
"Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty." ~Honoré De Balzac (1799-1850)
"Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them." ~Bruce Perry
"Children do not need us to shape them. They need us to respond to who they are" ~Naomi Aldort
"Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey." ~Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Children have to be educated but they have also to be left to educate themselves." ~Abbe Dimnet
"Children's hugs make the sweetest and delectable entree of the day! Great savoury to enjoy while they last!" ~Leah C. Dancel
"Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind." ~Queen Rania of Jordan, Hello Magazine
"Children's language skills develop in close caring relationships where their develop language is valued and built upon." ~Reflections, Educators: The Early Years Learning Framework in Action
"Children's laughter is the soul's favorite melody." ~Joseph Palumbo
"Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the family. Whether we oppress or liberate our children in our relationships with them will determine whether they grow up to oppress and be oppressed or to liberate and be liberated." ~Desmond Tutu
"Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey." ~Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
"Children have to be educated but they have also to be left to educate themselves." ~Abbe Dimnet
"Children's hugs make the sweetest and delectable entree of the day! Great savoury to enjoy while they last!" ~Leah C. Dancel
"Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind." ~Queen Rania of Jordan, Hello Magazine
"Children's language skills develop in close caring relationships where their develop language is valued and built upon." ~Reflections, Educators: The Early Years Learning Framework in Action
"Children's laughter is the soul's favorite melody." ~Joseph Palumbo
"Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the family. Whether we oppress or liberate our children in our relationships with them will determine whether they grow up to oppress and be oppressed or to liberate and be liberated." ~Desmond Tutu
"Children learn more from what you are than what you teach." ~W. E. B. Dubois
"Children learn not by listening to what you say, but by watching what you do." ~Mountain Wisdom
"Children make you want to start life over." ~Muhammad Ali
"Children make your life important." ~Erma Bombeck
"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." ~Margaret Mead
"Children need at least one person in their life thar thinks the sun rises and set on them, delights in their existence, and loves them unconditionally." ~Pamela Leo
“Children reinvent your world for you.”Susan Sarandon
"Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections." ~John Ruskin
"Children see magic because they look for it." ~Christopher Moore
“Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.” ~Anon
"Children's self-esteem develops in proportion to the depth of trust that is reached in the parent/child relationship." ~Stephanie Martson
"Children tell stories, but in their tales are enfolded many a mystery and moral lesson. Though they may relate many ridiculous things, keep looking in those ruined places for a treasure." ~Rumi
"Children thrive when adults interact with and encourage them, rather than leaving them to their own devices all the time." ~Kate Duthie
"Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted." -Theodore Geisel
"Children with a warm, loving relationship with their grandparents are more likely to be resilient, have higher self-esteem and cope better with the challenges of life." ~Dr Julie Green, Executive Director of the Raising Children Network
"Children learn not by listening to what you say, but by watching what you do." ~Mountain Wisdom
"Children make you want to start life over." ~Muhammad Ali
"Children make your life important." ~Erma Bombeck
"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." ~Margaret Mead
"Children need at least one person in their life thar thinks the sun rises and set on them, delights in their existence, and loves them unconditionally." ~Pamela Leo
“Children reinvent your world for you.”Susan Sarandon
"Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections." ~John Ruskin
"Children see magic because they look for it." ~Christopher Moore
“Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.” ~Anon
"Children's self-esteem develops in proportion to the depth of trust that is reached in the parent/child relationship." ~Stephanie Martson
"Children tell stories, but in their tales are enfolded many a mystery and moral lesson. Though they may relate many ridiculous things, keep looking in those ruined places for a treasure." ~Rumi
"Children thrive when adults interact with and encourage them, rather than leaving them to their own devices all the time." ~Kate Duthie
"Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted." -Theodore Geisel
"Children with a warm, loving relationship with their grandparents are more likely to be resilient, have higher self-esteem and cope better with the challenges of life." ~Dr Julie Green, Executive Director of the Raising Children Network
“Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling you cherished them.” ~Richard L. Evans
"Children won't remember the material things you provided for them, but for the feeling that you cherished them." ~Richard L. Evans
"Childhood is a short season." ~Helen Hayes
"Children won't remember the material things you provided for them, but for the feeling that you cherished them." ~Richard L. Evans
"Childhood is a short season." ~Helen Hayes
“Don’t be afraid to use big words with your kids. If they can say TYRANNOSAURUS REX - they can say anything.” ~BackChat Speech Pathology
“Don’t compare your child to others. There’s no comparison between the Sun and Moon. They shine when it’s their time.” ~Anon
"Do not educate your child to be rich. Educate him to be happy. So when he grows up, he'll know the value of things, not the price." ~Anon
"Don't handicap your children, by making their lives easy." ~Robert A. Heinlein
"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. ~Plato
"Encourage your children to express their feelings. Begin by sharing yours. " ~Zareen Sayed
"Every child carries a message that God is not yet discouraged of man." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"Every child dreams of a brighter future." ~Michelle Rowland
"Every child is a different kind of flower and all together they make this world a beautiful garden." ~From My Cheery Corner
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~Pablo Picasso
"Every child is, at core, pure awareness. In their awareness they are like little sponges. They soak in all that is going on around them, with all of their senses. No one teaches them how to do this; it is part of being human. What they soak in will be the raw material from which they will draw when they are creating (in childhood and throughout their lives)." ~Pennie Brownlee, Magic Places
"Every time a child laughs, a Fairy is born." ~Disney's Peter Pan
"Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.” ~Arthur C. Coxe
"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars." ~Nicolette Sonder
"God sends children to enlarge our hearts, and make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections." ~Mary Howitt
"Growing up kids need much talking (guidance) from the adults. Never ignore them." ~Leah C. Dancel, 15 February 2015
"Grown men may learn from little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss." ~Black Elk, Native American Spiritual Leader
"Grown up children leave mothers tearful... I now think at some point of life I too made my mother feel like that. Life is a wheel and has to go on." ~Indrani Ghose
"Hands constitute the infant’s first connection to the world .... Hands pick her up, lay her down, wash and dress and maybe even feed her. How different it can be, what a different picture of the world an infant receives when quiet, patient, careful yet secure and resolute hands take care of her - and how different the world seems when these hands are impatient, rough and hasty, unquiet and nervous. In the beginning hands are everything for an infant. The hands are the person, the world." ~Dr Emmi Pikler
"History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world." ~Heraclitus (c. 535-475 B.C.)
"Every child dreams of a brighter future." ~Michelle Rowland
"Every child is a different kind of flower and all together they make this world a beautiful garden." ~From My Cheery Corner
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~Pablo Picasso
"Every child is, at core, pure awareness. In their awareness they are like little sponges. They soak in all that is going on around them, with all of their senses. No one teaches them how to do this; it is part of being human. What they soak in will be the raw material from which they will draw when they are creating (in childhood and throughout their lives)." ~Pennie Brownlee, Magic Places
"Every time a child laughs, a Fairy is born." ~Disney's Peter Pan
"Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.” ~Arthur C. Coxe
"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars." ~Nicolette Sonder
"God sends children to enlarge our hearts, and make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections." ~Mary Howitt
"Growing up kids need much talking (guidance) from the adults. Never ignore them." ~Leah C. Dancel, 15 February 2015
"Grown men may learn from little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss." ~Black Elk, Native American Spiritual Leader
"Grown up children leave mothers tearful... I now think at some point of life I too made my mother feel like that. Life is a wheel and has to go on." ~Indrani Ghose
"Hands constitute the infant’s first connection to the world .... Hands pick her up, lay her down, wash and dress and maybe even feed her. How different it can be, what a different picture of the world an infant receives when quiet, patient, careful yet secure and resolute hands take care of her - and how different the world seems when these hands are impatient, rough and hasty, unquiet and nervous. In the beginning hands are everything for an infant. The hands are the person, the world." ~Dr Emmi Pikler
"History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world." ~Heraclitus (c. 535-475 B.C.)
"How often is the soul of man, especially that of a child, deprived because one does not put him in touch with nature?" ~Maria Montessori
"I can only bring peace to my children when I possess it myself." ~Katrina Kenison
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.” ~Sigmund Freud
"I love children's minds...how much we need them in our sorld. Their untouched perspective on things can lighten most loads." ~Butterflies and Pebbles, 16 August 2013
“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.” ~Anna Quindlen
"If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, we must teach in a way the child can learn." ~Anon
"If a community values its children, it must cherish their parents." ~John Bowlby
"If as a child, you were taught to pray, before eating a meal or ending your day, someone loved you enough, to bring you up right." ~Mountain Wisdom
"If children are to find their way to God, we must point the way." ~Anon
"If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men." ~Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
"If our children cannot inherit anything material, at least they will inherit a good name." ~Jesse M. Robredo
"If we could all remember what it was like to be a child, the world would be a more pleasant place." ~Tammy R. Eledge
"If you have children, remember this … When you finish with them, the rest of the world has to live with them. Teach them respect." ~Anon
"If you've told a child a thousand times and He still does not understand, then it is not the child who is the slow learner." ~Walter Barbee
"If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings." ~Brian Tracy
"If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders." ~Abigail Van Buren
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." ~Albert Einstein
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." ~Abigail Van Buren
"In Bible times children were named after their birth according to their characteristics, or situations that surrounded the time of their coming. In some cases the name was established before birth, as with Jesus. In other cases the name given before birth described qualities the parents hoped their new-born would embody as it grew." ~GS, 6 June 2012
"In the eyes of a child,
there is joy, there is laughter.
There is HOPE, there is TRUST,
A chance to shape the future.."
~PRRDuterte, Philippines
"It's not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings." ~Ann Landers
"It is our job to prepare our children for the road, not prepare the road for our children." ~Dr. Wendy Mogel
"It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living animals in classrooms should be stopped. To encourage cruelty in the name of science can only destroy the finer emotions of affection and sympathy, and breed an unfeeling callousness in the young towards suffering in all living creatures." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
"It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)
“Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.” ~Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Let's pick our words today. They colour our children's thoughts, character and self-beliefs." ~Nurturing Life
"Let's raise children who won't have to recover from their childhoods." ~Pam Leo
"Let us teach our children to honor their parents for this law has God's promise." ~Buhay Party-list
"Pop corn is prepared in the same pot, in the same heat, in the same oil, and yet, the kernels do not pop at the same time. Don't compare your child to other children. Their turn to pop is coming." ~Anon
"Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry" ~Democritus
"Sometimes that little child comes out when you are having fun or playing, when you feel happy, when you are painting, or writing poetry, or playing the piano, or expressing yourself in some way. These are the happiest moments of your life--when the real you comes out, when you don't care about the past and you don't worry about the future. You are childlike." ~Don Miguel Ruiz
"Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become." ~Brooke Hampton
"Spending time with children is more important than spending money on children." ~A.D. Williams
"If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, we must teach in a way the child can learn." ~Anon
"If a community values its children, it must cherish their parents." ~John Bowlby
"If as a child, you were taught to pray, before eating a meal or ending your day, someone loved you enough, to bring you up right." ~Mountain Wisdom
"If children are to find their way to God, we must point the way." ~Anon
"If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men." ~Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
"If our children cannot inherit anything material, at least they will inherit a good name." ~Jesse M. Robredo
"If we could all remember what it was like to be a child, the world would be a more pleasant place." ~Tammy R. Eledge
"If we want to see the intelligence in children 'come out to play', then we have to make sure they have enough loose parts to play with." ~Penny Brownlee
"If you have children, remember this … When you finish with them, the rest of the world has to live with them. Teach them respect." ~Anon
"If you've told a child a thousand times and He still does not understand, then it is not the child who is the slow learner." ~Walter Barbee
"If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings." ~Brian Tracy
"If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders." ~Abigail Van Buren
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." ~Albert Einstein
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." ~Abigail Van Buren
"In Bible times children were named after their birth according to their characteristics, or situations that surrounded the time of their coming. In some cases the name was established before birth, as with Jesus. In other cases the name given before birth described qualities the parents hoped their new-born would embody as it grew." ~GS, 6 June 2012
"In the eyes of a child,
there is joy, there is laughter.
There is HOPE, there is TRUST,
A chance to shape the future.."
~PRRDuterte, Philippines
"In the relationship with the child, the quality of the relationship always lies with the adult." ~Kirsten McNeil
"In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way." Michael Jackson
"Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them all the things you were never taught. Material wears out but Knowledge stays." ~Bruce Lee
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." ~Frederick Douglass
"It's beautiful to watch a baby in a home where they are surrounded by love begin to develop and grow. The ability of that precious little one to have no fear and know that whatever happens arms of love and compassion keep them safe and secure as they struggle through the challenges of growth is a Beautiful thing to behold." ~Bob Hildreth
"Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them all the things you were never taught. Material wears out but Knowledge stays." ~Bruce Lee
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." ~Frederick Douglass
"It's beautiful to watch a baby in a home where they are surrounded by love begin to develop and grow. The ability of that precious little one to have no fear and know that whatever happens arms of love and compassion keep them safe and secure as they struggle through the challenges of growth is a Beautiful thing to behold." ~Bob Hildreth
"It's not enough to say you love the child. The child must feel the results of your care." ~Anna Tardos
"It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless." ~L. R. Knost
"It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless." ~L. R. Knost
"It's not that children are little scientists, it's actually that scientists are big children." ~Alison Gopnik
"It's not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings." ~Ann Landers
"It is our job to prepare our children for the road, not prepare the road for our children." ~Dr. Wendy Mogel
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke
"It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living animals in classrooms should be stopped. To encourage cruelty in the name of science can only destroy the finer emotions of affection and sympathy, and breed an unfeeling callousness in the young towards suffering in all living creatures." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
"It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)
“Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.” ~Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Kids don't need perfect parents - they just need parents who don't forget to take them on family holidays." ~Nutura Organic
"Kids don't need plenty of expensive toys. All they need are a few old boxes, office supplies, old clothes and someone to help them expand their imaginations. After all, how many of us remember all the toys that we played with when we were kids?" ~Nars Lene
"Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is Love" ~Zig Ziglar
"Kids don't need plenty of expensive toys. All they need are a few old boxes, office supplies, old clothes and someone to help them expand their imaginations. After all, how many of us remember all the toys that we played with when we were kids?" ~Nars Lene
"Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is Love" ~Zig Ziglar
"Learning can only happen if a child is interested. If he is not interested, it's like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating." ~Katrina Gutleben
"Let's pick our words today. They colour our children's thoughts, character and self-beliefs." ~Nurturing Life
"Let's raise children who won't have to recover from their childhoods." ~Pam Leo
"Let us teach our children to honor their parents for this law has God's promise." ~Buhay Party-list
“Letting them help more often may be messier and slower, but it could have lasting benefits.” ~Melissa Hogenboom, on children's natural desire to help.
"Life's aspirations come in the guise of children." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"Look at flowers, butterflies, trees and children with the eyes of compassion. Compassion will change your life and make it wonderful." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Love and respect your children, and improve their behaviour." ~Joel Lapasaran
"Love children especially, for like the angels they too are sinless, and they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to guide us. Woe to him who offends a child!" ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents." ~Abraham Lincoln
"Manners teach children to pay attention to others, to look for opportunities for service, and through that process children learn respect for others - the centrepiece of a quality character." ~John Rosemond, Reader's Digest 2009.
"Most children need their parents' help and encouragement to discover the satisfaction of using their own imaginations. But the rewards of children's active, creative play last a lifetime." ~Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, psychiatrist
"My precious child, wherever your journey in life may take you, I pray you'll always be safe. Enjoy the ride and never forget your way back home." ~Vicki Reece
“My son, when you were born, you brought me happiness, as you grew, you made me laugh and brought me joy, now you are a man, and you make me proud!” ~I Love My Family
"Life's aspirations come in the guise of children." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"Look at flowers, butterflies, trees and children with the eyes of compassion. Compassion will change your life and make it wonderful." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Love and respect your children, and improve their behaviour." ~Joel Lapasaran
"Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents." ~Abraham Lincoln
"Manners teach children to pay attention to others, to look for opportunities for service, and through that process children learn respect for others - the centrepiece of a quality character." ~John Rosemond, Reader's Digest 2009.
"Most children need their parents' help and encouragement to discover the satisfaction of using their own imaginations. But the rewards of children's active, creative play last a lifetime." ~Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, psychiatrist
"My precious child, wherever your journey in life may take you, I pray you'll always be safe. Enjoy the ride and never forget your way back home." ~Vicki Reece
“My son, when you were born, you brought me happiness, as you grew, you made me laugh and brought me joy, now you are a man, and you make me proud!” ~I Love My Family
"Nature is a tool to get children to experience not just the wider world, but themselves." ~Stephen Moss
"Nature wants children to be children before men; Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling." ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Nature wants children to be children before men; Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling." ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Never forget when a child gives you a gift, even if it is a flower they have just picked, in their eyes they are choosing to give you the most precious thing they had to give. " ~Lessons Learned in Life
"No child deserves to wonder why they were not enough for a parent who is capable of taking care of other children!" ~Denise Lee Manthei
"No child has ever been, or ever will be, deeply, personally invested in a worksheet." ~Anon
"No child should have to scavenge through rubbish to survive." ~Caritas Australia (on the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan aka YOLANDA in November 2013)
"No one knows how children will turn out; a great tree often springs from a tender plant." ~Norwegian Proverb
"Nothing has a greater influence on the lives of children than the lives of their parents." ~A.D. Williams
"Nothing has a stronger influence ... on children than the unlived life of the parent." ~Carl Gustav Jung
"Nothing you do for your children is ever wasted." ~Garrison Keillor
"One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood." ~Agatha Christie
"Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun." ~Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author
"Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation." ~Nelson Mandela speaking at a National Men's March, Pretoria, South Africa, 22 November 1997 LTL
"Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for the present and their future." ~Zig Ziglar
"Our children are watching." ~Chief Robert Joseph
"Our children no longer learn how to read the great Book of Nature from their own direct experience or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water comes from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate our human celebration with the great liturgy of the heavens." ~Wendell Berry
"No child deserves to wonder why they were not enough for a parent who is capable of taking care of other children!" ~Denise Lee Manthei
"No child has ever been, or ever will be, deeply, personally invested in a worksheet." ~Anon
"No child should have to scavenge through rubbish to survive." ~Caritas Australia (on the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan aka YOLANDA in November 2013)
"No one knows how children will turn out; a great tree often springs from a tender plant." ~Norwegian Proverb
"Nothing has a greater influence on the lives of children than the lives of their parents." ~A.D. Williams
"Nothing has a stronger influence ... on children than the unlived life of the parent." ~Carl Gustav Jung
"Nothing you do for your children is ever wasted." ~Garrison Keillor
"One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood." ~Agatha Christie
"Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun." ~Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author
"Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation." ~Nelson Mandela speaking at a National Men's March, Pretoria, South Africa, 22 November 1997 LTL
"Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for the present and their future." ~Zig Ziglar
"Our children are watching." ~Chief Robert Joseph
"Our children no longer learn how to read the great Book of Nature from their own direct experience or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water comes from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate our human celebration with the great liturgy of the heavens." ~Wendell Berry
"Overprotected children are more likely to struggle in relationships and with challenges. We're sending our kids the message that they're not capable of helping themselves." ~Dr. Dan Kindlon, Harvard psychiatrist
"Play is the basic ground for children to explore." ~Leah C. Dancel, September 27, 2020, Dance with me in the heart
"Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry" ~Democritus
"Sometimes that little child comes out when you are having fun or playing, when you feel happy, when you are painting, or writing poetry, or playing the piano, or expressing yourself in some way. These are the happiest moments of your life--when the real you comes out, when you don't care about the past and you don't worry about the future. You are childlike." ~Don Miguel Ruiz
"Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become." ~Brooke Hampton
"Spending time with children is more important than spending money on children." ~A.D. Williams
"Stand up for your children even if it means standing against the world." ~Bea Marshall
"The hearts of little children are pure, and therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss." ~Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa) OGLALA LAKOTA
“The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the earth”. ~Maria Montessori
"The more our children are treated with deep care, the more they will treat others with care and kindness." ~Kimberley Crisp
"The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be." ~Fred G. Gosman
"The most effective way to raise a nice child is to be a nice adult." ~L.R.Knost
"The most extraordinary thing in the world is...an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children." ~Gilbert Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
"The most important influence in my childhood was my father." ~DeForest Kelley
"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home." ~William Temple
"The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children." ~Anon
"The most profound thing we can offer to our children is our own healing." ~Anne Lamott
"The only thing necessary for tranquility in the world is that every child grows up happy." ~Chief Dan George
"The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born." ~William R. Inge
"The soul is healed by being with children." ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million." ~Walt Streightiff
"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." ~Graham Greene
"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." ~Yoda
"Two great things you can give your children. One is roots, the other is wings." ~Hodding Carter
"We cannot guarantee an amazing future for our children, but we can bring up amazing children to shape our future." ~Steven Aitchison
“We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last belief we have, the belief in making them believe.” ~E. L. Doctorow
"We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice." ~Paulo Coelho on A CHILD UNHEARD
"We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe." ~Harold Kushner
"What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give." ~P. D. James
"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth." ~Khalil Gibran
"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance." ~Franklin P. Jones
"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back." ~William D. Tammeus
"Your children will become who you are; so be who you want them to be." ~Anon
CHILDHOOD
"In a true family, the people can depend upon each other for encouragement, support, love, and compassion. When people know that they can depend upon these things when hard times come, they're more likely to be able to take risks in the world, to contribute to the world in their own unique and wonderful ways. If we do our best to provide our family members with a family that loves and trusts and provides, we're providing a wonderful service to the world around us, to the people in our families, and to life." ~Living Life Fully
"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.~Alex Haley
"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together and the music that brings harmony." ~Eva Burrows (1929-)
"In time of test, family is best." ~Burmese Proverb
"It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.” ~Elizabeth Edwards
"Teach children how to think, not what to think." ~Margaret Mead
"Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar." ~Bradley Millar
“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” ~Bob Talbert
"Telling our children to "come out of their shell" may be equivalent to throwing them into deep water before they can swim. Instead, may we reach in to honor and Love them where they are, and watch them shine and thrive in Life, self-aware, worthy and at Peace." ~Sus Kongsbak Larsen
“That's the paradox: the only time most people feel alive is when they're suffering, when something overwhelms their ordinary, careful armour, and the naked child is flung out onto the world. That's why the things that are worst to undergo are best to remember. But when that child gets buried away under their adaptive and protective shells—he becomes one of the walking dead, a monster.” ~Ted Hughes
"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out of their tires." ~Dorothy Parker
"The bond between a child and its grandparents is one of life's greatest gifts." ~Anon
"The character of your children tomorrow depends on what you put into their hearts today." ~Our Daily Bread
"The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day." ~John Milton
"The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
"The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet." ~Isadora Duncan
"The first forty years of childhood are the toughest." ~Sue Fitzmaurice
"The future of the child is always the work of the mother." ~Napoleon Bonaparte
"The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children." ~Marian Wright Edelman
"Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar." ~Bradley Millar
“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” ~Bob Talbert
"Telling our children to "come out of their shell" may be equivalent to throwing them into deep water before they can swim. Instead, may we reach in to honor and Love them where they are, and watch them shine and thrive in Life, self-aware, worthy and at Peace." ~Sus Kongsbak Larsen
“That's the paradox: the only time most people feel alive is when they're suffering, when something overwhelms their ordinary, careful armour, and the naked child is flung out onto the world. That's why the things that are worst to undergo are best to remember. But when that child gets buried away under their adaptive and protective shells—he becomes one of the walking dead, a monster.” ~Ted Hughes
"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out of their tires." ~Dorothy Parker
"The bond between a child and its grandparents is one of life's greatest gifts." ~Anon
"The character of your children tomorrow depends on what you put into their hearts today." ~Our Daily Bread
"The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day." ~John Milton
"The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
"The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet." ~Isadora Duncan
"The first forty years of childhood are the toughest." ~Sue Fitzmaurice
"The future of the child is always the work of the mother." ~Napoleon Bonaparte
"The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children." ~Marian Wright Edelman
"The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories" ~Og Mandino
"The hearts of little children are pure, and therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss." ~Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa) OGLALA LAKOTA
“The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the earth”. ~Maria Montessori
"The more our children are treated with deep care, the more they will treat others with care and kindness." ~Kimberley Crisp
"The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be." ~Fred G. Gosman
"The most effective way to raise a nice child is to be a nice adult." ~L.R.Knost
"The most extraordinary thing in the world is...an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children." ~Gilbert Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
"The most important influence in my childhood was my father." ~DeForest Kelley
"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home." ~William Temple
"The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children." ~Anon
"The most profound thing we can offer to our children is our own healing." ~Anne Lamott
"The only thing necessary for tranquility in the world is that every child grows up happy." ~Chief Dan George
"The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born." ~William R. Inge
"The soul is healed by being with children." ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"The way we speak to our child matters, for those words travel beyond their ears, settling into the creases of their hearts and the crevices of their self worth. " ~Anon
"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice." ~Peggy O’Mara
"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice." ~Peggy O’Mara
"There are many ways a child can learn. Even if he explores to himself what aroused his curiosity. I would by all definition egg on a child to tell me his story of everything she/he does. It will prompt him/her to talk, to spreak and to express himself/herself. Perhaps, for a time, the story doesn't make sense and that is the beginning where a child can figure out that what he/she is doing is of something interesting and important to someone else." ~Leah C. Dancel, September 27, 2020
"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million." ~Walt Streightiff
"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." ~Graham Greene
"There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than the way we bring up our children." ~Marianne Williamson
"There's nothing in the world better than watching your child succeed.” ~Katie Holmes on Parenting (Instagram)
"There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even matter what they're laughing about." ~Cris Jami
"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." ~Chinese Proverb
"They (children) are the people of tomorrow, whom we owe for keeping this world a safer and happier place." ~Duoi Ampilan
"To a mother, a child is everything, but to a child, parents are only a link in the chain of their existence." ~Felix Ortega
"Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute 'presents' for 'presence'." ~Dr. Anthony P. Witham
"There's nothing in the world better than watching your child succeed.” ~Katie Holmes on Parenting (Instagram)
"There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even matter what they're laughing about." ~Cris Jami
"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." ~Chinese Proverb
"They (children) are the people of tomorrow, whom we owe for keeping this world a safer and happier place." ~Duoi Ampilan
"To a mother, a child is everything, but to a child, parents are only a link in the chain of their existence." ~Felix Ortega
"Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute 'presents' for 'presence'." ~Dr. Anthony P. Witham
"Too much love won't spoil. Kindness doesn't provoke poor behaviour. Respect doesn't invite disrespect. This is backward thinking which has caused us to feel trapped into being too harsh for too long. Generations of children are still searching and longing for unconditional love." ~Rebecca Eanes
"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." ~Yoda
"Two great things you can give your children. One is roots, the other is wings." ~Hodding Carter
"Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child." ~Carl Jung
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"We cannot guarantee an amazing future for our children, but we can bring up amazing children to shape our future." ~Steven Aitchison
“We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last belief we have, the belief in making them believe.” ~E. L. Doctorow
"We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice." ~Paulo Coelho on A CHILD UNHEARD
"We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe." ~Harold Kushner
"What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give." ~P. D. James
“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.” ~Rudy Giuliani
"What's done to the children is done to society." ~Siddhārtha Gautama
“What legacy can I leave my children, grandchildren and great-grands? Much love. Yes… Love each other. Be tolerant. Help each other.” ~Susi Cohen
"What we remember from childhood we remember forever - permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen." ~Cynthia Ozick
"When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart." ~Horace Mann
"When a child comes into your life, it is time to relearn life, not teach them your ways." ~Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev - real name)
"What's done to the children is done to society." ~Siddhārtha Gautama
“What legacy can I leave my children, grandchildren and great-grands? Much love. Yes… Love each other. Be tolerant. Help each other.” ~Susi Cohen
"What we remember from childhood we remember forever - permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen." ~Cynthia Ozick
"When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart." ~Horace Mann
"When a child comes into your life, it is time to relearn life, not teach them your ways." ~Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev - real name)
"When a child enters your life, it's time to learn, not to teach." ~Sadhguru
"When a child tells you that they don't feel comfortable around someone, pay attention." ~Anon
"When adults change their behaviour in response to a child's intense reactions, it can change the child's reactions." ~Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
”When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent’s sympathy serves as emotional first aid for bruised feelings. When we genuinely acknowledge a child’s plight and voice her disappointment, she often gathers the strength to face reality.” ~ Haim Ginott, author of “Between Parent and Child”
"When it comes to the world we leave our children, we owe it to them to do what we can." ~Barack Obama, President of the USA (2013)
"When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families, or children who didn't have a mental or physical handicap. He said, "Let all children come unto me." ~Marian Wright Edelman
"When a child tells you that they don't feel comfortable around someone, pay attention." ~Anon
"When adults change their behaviour in response to a child's intense reactions, it can change the child's reactions." ~Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
”When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent’s sympathy serves as emotional first aid for bruised feelings. When we genuinely acknowledge a child’s plight and voice her disappointment, she often gathers the strength to face reality.” ~ Haim Ginott, author of “Between Parent and Child”
"When it comes to the world we leave our children, we owe it to them to do what we can." ~Barack Obama, President of the USA (2013)
"When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families, or children who didn't have a mental or physical handicap. He said, "Let all children come unto me." ~Marian Wright Edelman
"When our children make mistakes, they are not failures - they are learners.
"When we believe in children, they learn to believe in themselves, and that is a priceless gift to give to them. We'd all long to have at least one person in our corner, no matter what. who we know believes the best in us. A parent should be that one person." ~Rebecca Eanes (from Joy of Mom)
"When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?" ~Ralph Marston
"When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood." ~Sam Ewing
"When your children are teenagers it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you." ~Nora Ephron
"Where children are, there is the golden age." ~Novalis
"While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about." ~Angela Schwindt
"Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart." ~German Proverb
"Without my children, my house would be clean and my wallet would be full, but my heart would be empty." ~Anon
The same is true for us. Each time we fall short is another opportunity to learn and to model for our kids how to make amends and how to receive grace." ~Dulce Chalé
"When we believe in children, they learn to believe in themselves, and that is a priceless gift to give to them. We'd all long to have at least one person in our corner, no matter what. who we know believes the best in us. A parent should be that one person." ~Rebecca Eanes (from Joy of Mom)
"When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?" ~Ralph Marston
"When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood." ~Sam Ewing
"When your children are teenagers it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you." ~Nora Ephron
"Where children are, there is the golden age." ~Novalis
"While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about." ~Angela Schwindt
"Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart." ~German Proverb
"Without my children, my house would be clean and my wallet would be full, but my heart would be empty." ~Anon
“Yelling silences your message. Speak quietly so your children can hear your words instead of just your voice.” ~L. R. KNOST
"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth." ~Khalil Gibran
"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance." ~Franklin P. Jones
"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back." ~William D. Tammeus
"Your children will become who you are; so be who you want them to be." ~Anon
CHILDHOOD
"Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child." ~Magda Gerber
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." ~Sigmund Freud
“So much of our early gladness vanishes utterly from our memory: we can never recall the joy with which we laid our heads on our mother's bosom or rode on our father's back in childhood. Doubtless that joy is wrought up into our nature, as the sunlight of long-past mornings is wrought up in the soft mellowness of the apricot, but it is gone for ever from our imagination, and we can only BELIEVE in the joy of childhood.” ~George Eliot, Adam Bede
“That night I looked up at those same stars, but I didn't want any of those things. I didn't want Egypt, or France, or far-flung destinations. I just wanted to go back to my life from my childhood, just to visit it, and touch it, and to convince myself that yes, it had been real.” ~Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
"We are fast losing the sense childhood as a kind of dreamtime, unhurried not organised, so that the security provided by the proximity of a loved adult means that children can spend the time they need meandering in unstructured play - perhaps simply lying in the grass, undisturbed, to stare into the blue that is the sky." ~Anne Manne
TEENS
"It is hard to raise a teenage boy - and even harder to be one." ~Jessie Cole
GRANDCHILDREN
"A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty." ~Anon
"Any day with a grandchild in my arms, on my lap, in my home, or on my mind is a very good day." ~Mountain Wisdom
"Grandchildren are better than flowers because they bloom in your heart forever." ~MW
"Grandchildren are like snowflakes. Each one is beautifully unique." ~from Grand Parents dot com
"Grandchildren are like stars. They sparkle and shine." ~Anon
"Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation." ~Lois Wyse
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." ~Sigmund Freud
“So much of our early gladness vanishes utterly from our memory: we can never recall the joy with which we laid our heads on our mother's bosom or rode on our father's back in childhood. Doubtless that joy is wrought up into our nature, as the sunlight of long-past mornings is wrought up in the soft mellowness of the apricot, but it is gone for ever from our imagination, and we can only BELIEVE in the joy of childhood.” ~George Eliot, Adam Bede
“That night I looked up at those same stars, but I didn't want any of those things. I didn't want Egypt, or France, or far-flung destinations. I just wanted to go back to my life from my childhood, just to visit it, and touch it, and to convince myself that yes, it had been real.” ~Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
"We are fast losing the sense childhood as a kind of dreamtime, unhurried not organised, so that the security provided by the proximity of a loved adult means that children can spend the time they need meandering in unstructured play - perhaps simply lying in the grass, undisturbed, to stare into the blue that is the sky." ~Anne Manne
TEENS
"It is hard to raise a teenage boy - and even harder to be one." ~Jessie Cole
GRANDCHILDREN
"A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty." ~Anon
"Any day with a grandchild in my arms, on my lap, in my home, or on my mind is a very good day." ~Mountain Wisdom
"Grandchildren are better than flowers because they bloom in your heart forever." ~MW
"Grandchildren are like snowflakes. Each one is beautifully unique." ~from Grand Parents dot com
"Grandchildren are like stars. They sparkle and shine." ~Anon
"Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation." ~Lois Wyse
"Grandchildren brighten our lives. Mine make me strong against stress. Especially when they make us laugh." ~Anon
"Grandchildren give us a second chance to do things better because they bring out the best in us." ~Anon
"Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren." ~Art Linkletter
"Simple moments with your grandchildren often become priceless memories." ~I Love My Grandkids
"There is no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing." ~Anon
"There's nothing like the bond between grandparents and their grandchildren." ~from Starts at Sixty
"They (grandchildren) make our "sunset years" worth living." ~Mariquita Nosce Tandoc
FAMILY
"A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center." ~Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
"A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living." ~Charles R. Swindoll
"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, and occasional animal and the common cold." ~Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
"A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow." ~Annoon
"A happy family is but an earlier heaven." ~George Bernard Shaw
"A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it." ~ Marcelence Cox
"A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability." ~Tom DeLay
"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ~from ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy
"All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it." ~Chaim Potok
"All the material things we worked so hard to acquire do not matter. All that matters is our family and relationships with others. " ~Michael John U. Teh
"America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home." ~Mitt Romney
"At the end of your life, the only thing meaningful you will leave behind will be your family - so work the hardest at making it a success." ~Chris Widener, author and motivational speaker
"Being a family means you are part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life." ~Anon
"Being with family is the best part of any journey." ~Joffre Balce
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard (1923-)
"Despite all new inventions and modern designs, fads and fetishes, no one has yet invented, or will ever invent, a satisfying substitute for one's own family." ~Dr. Stuart E. Rosenberg in his book, The Road to Confidence
"Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family." ~Vartan Gregorian
"Every family has secrets that have been swept under the carpet." ~Carol George
“Family: a social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” ~Evan Esar
"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future." ~Gail Lumet Buckley
"Family is life's greatest blessing. Love of it must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.” ~Anon
"Family is not about blood. It's about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it most." ~Anon
"Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accepts you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what." ~Anon
"Family is the circle of all those around your heart who are forever wrapped in unconditional love." ~Robert Clancy
"Family is the most important thing in the world." ~Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
"Family is where life begins and love never ends." ~From I Love My Family
"Family makes you who you are and aren’t.” ~Marcelina Hardy
"Family means putting your arms around each other and being there". ~Anon
"Family values are a little like family vacations—subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time." ~Leslie Dreyfous
"Families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts." ~Anon
"Families are a complex collection of personalities. Some quiet. Some loud. Some joyful. Some sullen. Some loving. Some demanding. How to fit in at times is a challenge. But at the end of the day, we have to forgive each other for not being perfect. Sometimes it's another opportunity to practice the God kind of love. The man kind of love is just not enough to keep peace in the family. So if somebody doesn't love you... Love them anyway." ~I Love My Family
“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” ~Les Dawson
"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights and our comfort when we occasionally falter" ~Brad Henry
"Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other." ~Ed Howe
"Fathers and sons show much more consideration towards one another than mothers and daughters do." ~Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture.
"Feeling young comes from happiness, contentment, peace of mind, and a happy family!" ~Eloi Casis
"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible, the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family." ~Virginia Satir (1916-1988), American author and psychotherapist
“For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others for ever.” ~Thomas Paine
"For many cultural groups, the extended family is the base of family dynamics." ~Dr. Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, Reader's Digest 2009
"God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease." ~Frank Knox
"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Happy family spend time together to rest and relax, sing and dance, laugh and cry, and most of all thank God for all the things." ~Juliet Matildo
"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Happy or unhappy families are all mysterious." ~ Gloria Steinem
"Having a place to go — is a home. Having someone to love — is a family. Having both — is a blessing." ~Donna Hedges
"Humans are not the only animals that have a family to support, love and care for." ~Anthony Douglas Williams
"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other." ~Jet Li
"I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one's children." ~Ednita Nazario
"I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world." ~Amos Oz
"I have lots of friends and my true friends are family." ~Marie Muhammad
"I know without a doubt that our country and world will survive this pandemic. And just like our broken family, this broken world will be way more beautiful.” ~Vicki Bunke
"I may not have the career I always planned but I have the family I have always dreamed of." ~Anon
"I stay in tune with my family and God." ~Regina King
"I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life." ~Barbara Bush
"If a family has an old person in it, it possesses a jewel." ~Chinese Proverb
"Grandchildren give us a second chance to do things better because they bring out the best in us." ~Anon
"Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren." ~Art Linkletter
"Simple moments with your grandchildren often become priceless memories." ~I Love My Grandkids
"There is no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing." ~Anon
"There's nothing like the bond between grandparents and their grandchildren." ~from Starts at Sixty
"They (grandchildren) make our "sunset years" worth living." ~Mariquita Nosce Tandoc
FAMILY
"I love my family, my children but inside myself is a place where I live all alone…" ~ Pearl S Buck~
"There are no stronger bonds on earth than the ones connecting loving families." ~Jess Catcher"A close family is one that lives apart" ~P.K. Shaw
"A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center." ~Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
"A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living." ~Charles R. Swindoll
"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, and occasional animal and the common cold." ~Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
"A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow." ~Annoon
"A happy family is but an earlier heaven." ~George Bernard Shaw
"A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it." ~ Marcelence Cox
"A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability." ~Tom DeLay
"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ~from ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy
"All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it." ~Chaim Potok
"All the material things we worked so hard to acquire do not matter. All that matters is our family and relationships with others. " ~Michael John U. Teh
"America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home." ~Mitt Romney
"At the end of your life, the only thing meaningful you will leave behind will be your family - so work the hardest at making it a success." ~Chris Widener, author and motivational speaker
"Being a family means you are part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life." ~Anon
"Being with family is the best part of any journey." ~Joffre Balce
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard (1923-)
"Despite all new inventions and modern designs, fads and fetishes, no one has yet invented, or will ever invent, a satisfying substitute for one's own family." ~Dr. Stuart E. Rosenberg in his book, The Road to Confidence
"Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family." ~Vartan Gregorian
"Every family has secrets that have been swept under the carpet." ~Carol George
“Family: a social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” ~Evan Esar
"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future." ~Gail Lumet Buckley
"Family is life's greatest blessing. Love of it must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.” ~Anon
"Family is not about blood. It's about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it most." ~Anon
"Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accepts you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what." ~Anon
"Family is the circle of all those around your heart who are forever wrapped in unconditional love." ~Robert Clancy
"Family is the most important thing in the world." ~Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
"Family is where life begins and love never ends." ~From I Love My Family
"Family makes you who you are and aren’t.” ~Marcelina Hardy
"Family means putting your arms around each other and being there". ~Anon
"Family values are a little like family vacations—subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time." ~Leslie Dreyfous
"Families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts." ~Anon
"Families are a complex collection of personalities. Some quiet. Some loud. Some joyful. Some sullen. Some loving. Some demanding. How to fit in at times is a challenge. But at the end of the day, we have to forgive each other for not being perfect. Sometimes it's another opportunity to practice the God kind of love. The man kind of love is just not enough to keep peace in the family. So if somebody doesn't love you... Love them anyway." ~I Love My Family
“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet, with a few nuts.” ~Les Dawson
"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights and our comfort when we occasionally falter" ~Brad Henry
"Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other." ~Ed Howe
"Fathers and sons show much more consideration towards one another than mothers and daughters do." ~Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture.
"Feeling young comes from happiness, contentment, peace of mind, and a happy family!" ~Eloi Casis
"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible, the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family." ~Virginia Satir (1916-1988), American author and psychotherapist
“For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others for ever.” ~Thomas Paine
"For many cultural groups, the extended family is the base of family dynamics." ~Dr. Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, Reader's Digest 2009
"God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease." ~Frank Knox
"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Happy family spend time together to rest and relax, sing and dance, laugh and cry, and most of all thank God for all the things." ~Juliet Matildo
"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Happy or unhappy families are all mysterious." ~ Gloria Steinem
"Having a place to go — is a home. Having someone to love — is a family. Having both — is a blessing." ~Donna Hedges
"Humans are not the only animals that have a family to support, love and care for." ~Anthony Douglas Williams
"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other." ~Jet Li
"I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one's children." ~Ednita Nazario
"I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world." ~Amos Oz
"I have lots of friends and my true friends are family." ~Marie Muhammad
"I know without a doubt that our country and world will survive this pandemic. And just like our broken family, this broken world will be way more beautiful.” ~Vicki Bunke
"I may not have the career I always planned but I have the family I have always dreamed of." ~Anon
"I stay in tune with my family and God." ~Regina King
"I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life." ~Barbara Bush
"If a family has an old person in it, it possesses a jewel." ~Chinese Proverb
“If I could offer advice to any family today, it would be to stick by your faith. Know that your God is with you and will take care of you all the way through.” ~Juan Martinez
"If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family."
~Ram Dass
"In a true family, the people can depend upon each other for encouragement, support, love, and compassion. When people know that they can depend upon these things when hard times come, they're more likely to be able to take risks in the world, to contribute to the world in their own unique and wonderful ways. If we do our best to provide our family members with a family that loves and trusts and provides, we're providing a wonderful service to the world around us, to the people in our families, and to life." ~Living Life Fully
"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.~Alex Haley
"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together and the music that brings harmony." ~Eva Burrows (1929-)
"In time of test, family is best." ~Burmese Proverb
"It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.” ~Elizabeth Edwards
"Kids don't need perfect parents - they just need parents who don't forget to take them on family holidays." ~Nutura Organic
"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements." ~Queen Elizabeth II (1926-)
"Many ingredients are needed to hold strong families together - love is certainly one of them and so too is tradition." ~Caroline Overington, The Australian Women's Weekly, August 2012 Issue
"Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family." ~J. S. Bryan
"Men and women have an equal responsibility to restore the strength of the family, which is the foundation of all cultures." ~Haida Gwaii Traditional Circle of Elders
"My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” ~Michael Imperioli
"My family is my strength and my weakness." ~Aishwarya Rai
"My family was my guide to my reality." ~Haywood Nelson
"My precious family and friends have taught me that joy and sorrow, storms and sunshine, tears and laughter are all part of living - and the sun does not shine on the other side." ~Margaret Jensen
"My wish is that OUR family will ALWAYS be TOGETHER." ~Wes, grandchild of Corazon Bautista, 8 November 2016 on Family Christmas Tradition (lifted from FB Memory)
"No family is perfect. We argue, we fight, we even stop talking to each other at times. But in the end, family is family. The love will always be there." ~Unknown
"No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back." ~Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
“People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.” ~Bo Bennett
"Protect and honour your family,
No matter what the cost.
A battle for your family
Is a battle that can't be lost."
~Mike Brown
"Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!" ~Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"Sister to sister we will always be,
A couple of nuts off the family tree."
~Anon
"Sisters are blossoms in the garden of life." ~Anon
"So much of what is great has sprung from the closeness of family ties." ~Sir Thomas M. Barrie (1860-1937), playwright and novelist
"Some families don't need to exchange gifts for Christmas. They need to: settle disputes, make peace, forgive, seek unity, and heal. That's the real gift." ~Anon
"Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table." ~Bob Ehrlich
"Spend some time this weekend on home-improvement... Improve your attitude toward your family." ~Bo Bennett 1972
"The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young." ~I Love My Family
"The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together." ~Erma Bombeck
"The family is a haven in a heartless world." ~Attributed to Christopher Lasch
"The family is one of nature's masterpieces." ~George Santayana
"The family is the nucleus of civilization." ~Will Durant from BrainyQuote
"The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family." ~Thomas Jefferson
"The heart is to the body, as the family is to the soul." ~Rick Beneteau
"The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst." ~Marge Kennedy (1896-1967)
"The love of a family is life's greatest blessings." ~Dr David B. Samadi
"The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege." ~Charles Kuralt
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." ~Calvin Trillin
"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family." ~Lee Lacocca (1924-)
"The world is one, big family and we are here to help each other." ~Jet Li
"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." ~Desmond Tutu (1931-)
"Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing." ~Jim Rohn (1930-2009)
"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements." ~Queen Elizabeth II (1926-)
"Many ingredients are needed to hold strong families together - love is certainly one of them and so too is tradition." ~Caroline Overington, The Australian Women's Weekly, August 2012 Issue
"Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family." ~J. S. Bryan
"Men and women have an equal responsibility to restore the strength of the family, which is the foundation of all cultures." ~Haida Gwaii Traditional Circle of Elders
"My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.” ~Michael Imperioli
"My family is my strength and my weakness." ~Aishwarya Rai
"My family was my guide to my reality." ~Haywood Nelson
"My precious family and friends have taught me that joy and sorrow, storms and sunshine, tears and laughter are all part of living - and the sun does not shine on the other side." ~Margaret Jensen
"My wish is that OUR family will ALWAYS be TOGETHER." ~Wes, grandchild of Corazon Bautista, 8 November 2016 on Family Christmas Tradition (lifted from FB Memory)
"Nature was for me the great mother who, in times of growing turbulence in my family, always welcomed me into belonging with her." ~Toko-pa Turner, Reciprocity with Nature
"No family is perfect. We argue, we fight, we even stop talking to each other at times. But in the end, family is family. The love will always be there." ~Unknown
"No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back." ~Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
“No matter how poor you think you are, if you have a loving family, you have everything.” ~Anon
"No matter what season life brings...always remember, you'll get by with the love of your family and a little help from your friends." ~Heart Prints of LIFE
"Not the individual, but family, is the unit of illness." ~R.D. Laing
"One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together. Time together is precious time—time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things." ~James E. Faust
"No matter what season life brings...always remember, you'll get by with the love of your family and a little help from your friends." ~Heart Prints of LIFE
"Not the individual, but family, is the unit of illness." ~R.D. Laing
"One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together. Time together is precious time—time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things." ~James E. Faust
“Once the glue of the family passes away, holidays aren’t the same anymore.” ~Anon
"Other things may change us, but we start and end with family." ~Anthony Brandt
"Our families are the safety net that catches us when we fall. They are our sanctuary in a storm. They are the beacon showing us the way home when we're lost." ~Linda Offenheiser
"Other things may change us, but we start and end with family." ~Anthony Brandt
"Our families are the safety net that catches us when we fall. They are our sanctuary in a storm. They are the beacon showing us the way home when we're lost." ~Linda Offenheiser
"Our family is a circle of love and strength.
With every birth and every union, the circle grows.
Every joy shared adds more love.
Every crisis faced together make the circle stronger."
~Celtic Wisdom
With every birth and every union, the circle grows.
Every joy shared adds more love.
Every crisis faced together make the circle stronger."
~Celtic Wisdom
“People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.” ~Bo Bennett
"Protect and honour your family,
No matter what the cost.
A battle for your family
Is a battle that can't be lost."
~Mike Brown
"Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!" ~Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"Sister to sister we will always be,
A couple of nuts off the family tree."
~Anon
"Sisters are blossoms in the garden of life." ~Anon
"So much of what is great has sprung from the closeness of family ties." ~Sir Thomas M. Barrie (1860-1937), playwright and novelist
"Some families don't need to exchange gifts for Christmas. They need to: settle disputes, make peace, forgive, seek unity, and heal. That's the real gift." ~Anon
"Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table." ~Bob Ehrlich
"Spend some time this weekend on home-improvement... Improve your attitude toward your family." ~Bo Bennett 1972
"The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young." ~I Love My Family
"The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together." ~Erma Bombeck
"The family is a haven in a heartless world." ~Attributed to Christopher Lasch
"The family is one of nature's masterpieces." ~George Santayana
"The family is the nucleus of civilization." ~Will Durant from BrainyQuote
"The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family." ~Thomas Jefferson
"The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst." ~Marge Kennedy (1896-1967)
"The love of a family create hope, even in the darkest moment; in such that everyone still have faith in their dreams." ~Wilfred Ntui
"The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege." ~Charles Kuralt
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." ~Calvin Trillin
"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family." ~Lee Lacocca (1924-)
"The world is one, big family and we are here to help each other." ~Jet Li
"The world we'd discovered doesn't love you like your family loves you." ~LOUIS ZAMPARINI
"There are no stronger bonds on earth than the ones connecting loving families." ~Jess Catcher
"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained." ~Winston Churchill
"To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. ~Barbara Bush
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ~Thomas Paine
"When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses." ~Joyce Brothers 1927’
"There are no stronger bonds on earth than the ones connecting loving families." ~Jess Catcher
"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained." ~Winston Churchill
"To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. ~Barbara Bush
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ~Thomas Paine
"When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses." ~Joyce Brothers 1927’
“Yelling at a bud won’t make it bloom. Speak gently to your children.” ~Courtney Joseph
"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." ~Desmond Tutu (1931-)
"Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing." ~Jim Rohn (1930-2009)
PARENTS AND PARENTING
"Take a moment to hear to-day
What your children are trying to say
Listen today whatever you do
Or they won't come back to listen to you
Listen to problems and their needs
Praise their triumphs and good deeds
Tell them you love them every night
Read a story, then turn out the light
Don't worry about what happened today
Tomorrow is going to be OK."
~Anon
"A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way." ~Anon
"A father's smile has been known to light up a child's entire day." ~Susan Gale
"A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life." ~Dr. James Dobson
"A good mother is selfless but yet recognizes that she does need “me time” to take care of her family. Good moms teach their children right from wrong even when it is hard. They are there for their kids when they need them most, but then let them soar on their own when they are ready." ~Megan Malone
“A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.” ~George Herbert
"A man doesn't need to be flawless to be a perfect father, but the commitment to his family is a precious responsibility." ~Paul Young
“A mom's hug lasts long after she lets go.” ~Anon
"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." ~Gaspard Mermillod
"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them" ~Victor Hugo
"A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone's else." ~Princess Diana
"A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories." ~Honore de Balzac
"A mother's heart is a patchwork of love." ~Anon
"A mother's heart is a song that puts rythmn in your soul." ~Nusrat Ahmed
"A mother's heart is always with her children." ~Anon
"A mother's hug lasts long after she lets go." ~Anon
"A mother's love endures from your first breath to her last." ~Susan Gale Wickes
“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.” ~Agatha Christie
"A mother’s love is a reflection of God’s perfect love for each one of us. This Mother’s Day, let us remember that He loves us with a boundless, everlasting love that is even greater than what a parent has for his or her child." ~Our Daily Bread
"A Mother's Love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the Heart is breaking." ~Anon
"A mother isn't the person who births you; it's the person who rears you and shows you love." ~Fairy Land, FB
"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still she will cling to us, and endeavour by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." ~Anon
"A mother takes sufferings in stride and in silence." ~Leah C. Dancel, 1 July 2013
"A mother understands what a child does not say." ~Anon
"A parent's love for a child reflects our Father's love for us." ~Our Daily Bread
"A parent's love is steadfast in the face of seemingly insurmountable impediments. Though we try to do everything we can to help our children, nothing compares with making them believe in their own capacities and telling them to "just keep swimming." ~Ethel Pineda
"A parent's love is whole, no matter how many times divided." ~Robert Brault
"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms, even when his hands are empty." ~Anon
"A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love." ~Thomas C Haliburton
"All parents must have a set of personal goals that stand in the world outside of their child's world." ~Mohan Dhall
"An aware parent loves all children, he or she meets and interacts with, for you are a caretaker for those moments in time." ~Doc Childre
“Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.” ~Anon
"Appreciate your parents. They're the only ones who would do anything in the world for you." ~Karter Zaher
"Appreciate your parents. You never know what sacrifices they went through for you.” ~Anon
"As a mother there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is - LOVE." ~Anon
"As a parent, you have authority because God calls you to be an authority in your child's life. You have the authority to act on behalf of God. As a ... mother, you do not exercise rule over your jurisdiction, but over God's. You act at His command. You discharge a duty that He has given. You may not try to shape the lives of your children as pleases you, but as pleases Him. All you do in your task as parent must be done from this point of view. You must undertake all your instruction, your care and nurture, your correction and discipline, because God has called you to ... If you are God's agent in this task of providing essential training and instruction of the Lord, then you, too, are a person under authority. You and your child are in the same boat. You are both under God's authority. You have different roles, but the same Master.” ~Tedd Tripp
"As a parent, you will often serve as an inadvertent example to your child. A child will model himself after you in many areas: how you deal with frustration, settle disagreements and cope with not being able to have the things that you want, to name just three. LESS." ~Lawrence Balter
"As parents, we must be convinced of our beliefs. We must know where we stand, so that our children will know where they stand." ~Kim Boyce
"As parents, we sometimes go too far trying to help and protect our kids from life's harsh realities and disappointments. We don't want our kids to struggle like we did. But Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Dan Kindlon says that 'overprotected children are more likely to struggle in relationships and with challenges.' We're sending our kids the message that they're not capable of helping themselves." ~John Tesh
"Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours: it wanders wherever your children do." ~Joy of Mom
"Being a parent is learning about strengths you didn't know and dealing with fears you never knew existed." ~Linda Wooten
"Being a single mother is twice the work, twice the stress, and twice the tears, but also twice the hugs, twice the love, and twice the pride." ~Wendy Alviz Ocampo
"Being verbally abusive to your children is extremely cruel! It leaves scars on your children for the rest of their lives. They will have low self esteem and be unsure of their decisions. Always teach in loving ways, encouraging and nurturing with love and kindness." ~Donna Jordan, FB
"Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first." ~Matthew Jacobson
"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong ." ~Charles Wadsworth
"Call your mother. Tell her you love her. Remember you're the only person who knows what her heart sounds like from the inside." ~Rachel Wolchin from Butterflies and Pebbles
"Cups of love and slices of understanding are always served at Mother's Table." ~Anon
"Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of songs." ~Anon
"Don't become preoccupied with your child's academic ability, but instead teach them to sit with those sitting alone. Teach them to be kind. Teach them to offer help. Teach them to be a friend to the lonely. Teach them to encourage others. Teach them to think of other people. Teach them to share. Teach them to look for the good. This is how they will change the world." ~Anon
"Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one." ~Glennon Melton
"Don't raise your kids to have more than you had, raise them to be more than you were." ~Anon
"Don't rescue your child from a challenge. Teach them how to face it." ~Anon
"Don’t use the sharpness of your tongue on the mother who taught you to speak.” ~Ali Ibn Abi Talib
"Every day is a battle with your kids just to get them to do the basics of parenting!" ~Michael McIntyre
"Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice." ~Charles F. Kettering
"Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are." ~Louisa May Alcott
"Fatherhood isn't just about telling your children you love them, it's about showing them." ~Anon
"Fierce mother protects when her offspring comes under threat." ~Teresita Sy Giok Liong
"God gave mothers the maximum power of a human being: generate life. HE knows that mothers are true Angels. They are present in every bit of our lives; guiding, teaching, protecting, loving ." ~Anon
"Good parents always give the best to their children. good children always share the best with their parents." ~Abraham Hsieh Lih Xian
"Good parenting means giving a child two things: Roots (security and guidance so they feel grounded and safe) and Wings (freedom and opportunity to become the best person he or she can be). A child raised like that might one day, grow up to lead a country." ~Dr. David Elkind
“Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.” ~Heather Gudenkauf, The Weight of Silence
"Honesty exists as long as parents teach their children to be truthful. Bravery exists as long as men and women are willing to give their life for another. Freedom exists as long as we protect the principles of truth, sacrifice, liberty." ~Tom Baker
"I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't." ~Mitch Albom
"I am a parent. My love for my children knows no limits, no bounds. Time and distance are meaningless as nothing could break the bond we share. I loved them yesterday, I love them today and I will love them through eternity." ~Mountain Wisdom
"I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is." ~Charles Lamb
"I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me." ~Antonio Villaraigo
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." ~Martin Luther King on The Journey Home.
"I may not be perfect, but if I look at my children I know that I got something in my life perfectly right." ~Anon
"I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home." ~Robert Orben
"I think we moms should pledge to never judge one another. We're all desperately trying to do this mothering thing right." - Lysa TerKeurst
"I will raise “children” not “little egos”, and I am going to devote my life to teaching them how to learn, not how to be the centre of attention. From that they’ll surely find a way to enjoy their lives, as they will just keep learning until they find something they love." ~Rebecca Wilson
“I will teach my daughter to color outside the lines, to make mistakes, to take risks, and not be afraid to fail. I will teach her that even when the world tries to knock her down the best revenge is getting up and forging ahead. I will teach her to be brave enough to be different, to stand up for what's right. To never quiet her voice to make someone else feel comfortable. Because no one remembers the person that fits in. It's the one who stands out that people won't be able to forget.” ~Nancy Arroyo RuffinI
"I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend." ~Dante Hall
"If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher." ~Abdul Kalam
"If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown, give him support." ~Osho
"If you never let your children face adversity, when they do, they're likely to not know how to adapt. Don't spoil your kids to the point where they never get knocked down." ~Dr. Phil
"If you really want to be a good parent, set some time aside every single day to lie on the bed and just listen to your kid. Make it their time. Don't be in a rush. Time is fleeting, so you really need time to pay attention." ~Bev Bos
"In the rush of life, stop and look at your children. Truly look at them. Their eyes, their noses, their lips, their fingers. These small details remind you of what's important." ~Scary Mommy
"It's not a child's responsibility to reach out to their fathers … It's a father's job to reach out to their children." ~I Love Myself Do You?
"It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings." ~Ann Landers
"It is our job to prepare our children for the road, not prepare the road for our children." ~Dr. Wendy Mogel
“It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.” ~Luther Standing Bear
"It is the most overwhelming experience in a parent's life - to feel the absolute trust , the certainty of comfort, your little child's belief in your omnipotence." ~Peter Gray (B. 1928)
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” ~Maya Angelou.
"It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)
"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence." ~Plato
"Let's do our best job at parenthood so our children won't have to waste their adulthood recovering from their childhood." ~Mark Amend
"Listening to our children from the day they were born help build their confidence. Be attentive is my key." ~Leah C. Dancel, 26/02/2014
“Love your parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.” ~Anon
"Modern parents want a warm and loving relationship with their children, and to be a source of encouragement, comfort and support. We want to be friends without children, not remote or frightening authority figures as our own parents may have been." ~Linda Blair
"Moms aren't just those gals that do the birthing—they are also the stepmothers, mentors, teachers, friends and people who do the nurturing and loving. I am talking about the women in our lives who teach, care, listen, act, hug, wipe away the tears, tell us everything is going to be all right, say no, say yes, guide us, who pray and have faith in us. These special women share the blessings of a mothering spirit as they touch lives and hearts forever. They mother because of their great capacity to love, and they give of their generous spirit without expectation." ~Sandra Magsamen"Moms are the people who know us the best and love us the most." ~Anon
"Mom has to be mom, and when it was their chance, they showed us love without boundaries... now lets show them love with utmost care!" ~Angelo de Ayala
"Mom should be like a quilt: keep her kids warm, without suffocating them." ~Anon
"Mother is God's gift to children." ~Anon
"Mother is the blessing that no one can replace." ~Native Americans
"Mothers are bridges. When we need to cross, they'll steady themselves long enough for us to cross safely." ~Anon
"Mothers give you the Gift of their Love without ever expecting a Thank You." ~Linda Poindexter
"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there." ~Robert Browning
"MOTHERHOOD is a noble calling that requires a lifetime commitment." ~Leah C. Dancel, 15 October 2015
"Motherhood is heart-exploding, blissful hysteria." ~Olivia Wilde
"Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what GOD gave you time for." ~Elder Neil L. Andersen from I Love My Family
"Mum, thank you for teaching me to weather the storm while still holding the hope to dance in the rain." ~Anon
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived and let me watch him do it.” ~Clarence B. Kelland
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” ~Anon
"My father must have had some elementary education, for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately." ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind." ~I Love My Family
"My mother is not a saint or a paragon; she's just a woman who, like many mothers, tried to do her best with her kids, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding." ~Elizabeth Gilbert
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." ~George Washington
"Never forget the hands that loved, cared, and raised to build you. Love your parents. They will never come on earth twice." ~An Eden Post
"Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be." —Clementine Paddleford
"Next to God, thy parents.” ~William Penn
"No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love." ~Edwin H. Chapin
"No matter how good a parent you have been, your adult children can still be impacted by the dark side of today’s culture. We must keep in mind that the magnetic draw of the evil forces of this world is strong and presents a constant battle for our children. We have to continually pray that they’ll be strong enough to resist this unrelenting encroachment of the enemy into their lives." ~Stormie Omartian
"Nothing can replace a mother's love for her child. Nothing." ~A.D. Williams
"Nothing has a greater influence on the lives of children than the lives of their parents." ~A.D. Williams
"Nothing is stronger than a mother's love for her children." ~Nametests
"Nothing properly prepares you for becoming a parent, true, but what seems to be even truer is that nothing prepares you for being the daughter of ageing parents." ~Jackie Kay
"Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth." ~Victoria Secunda (20th century), U.S. psychologist and author
"On earth, there is no greater love than a mother's love." ~Nenita Yu Garcia
"One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me." ~Wilma Mankiller, first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation
"Our kids can teach us a lot about ourselves, including how we perceive our own beauty." ~Chicken Soup for the Soul
"Our self-image is influenced not only by our genetic connection to our mothers, but by our emotional relationship to her as well. Observational studies suggest that our first moments of self-awareness are experienced through seeing ourselves in the mirror of our mother's eyes." ~Dr. Vivian Diller
"Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur." ~Alvin Toffler
"Parents can only give good advice or put them (children) on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands." ~Anne Frank
"Parents hold their children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever." ~Anon
"Parenting is all about respect and enjoyment of life and great life skills." ~George Calombaris, Masterchef Judge, (Woman's Day Magazine 2011)
"Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality." ~George Santayana
"Parents need their children as much as children need their parents." ~Paul Carvel
"Parents often feel a lack of acknowledgement, appreciation and value for all that they do in their day to day lives. It's so important that we do the big work of increasing our value of ourselves to fill up our emotional tanks when it isn't coming from one's child, partner or other adults (at least not in a recognizable form). Especially if you grew up with parents who didn't tend to reflect your value and warmly express their appreciation for what you do and who you are." ~The Way of the Peaceful Parent
"Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate." ~Steven Pinker
"Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore." ~Ogden Nash
"Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes." ~Chinese Proverbs
“Raise your kids and you can spoil your grandkids. Spoil your kids and you will have to raise your grandkids.”
"Raising kids was my choice. I gave up things and went without for them. I regret nothing. My life was, is and will always be all for my children no matter how big they get. They didn't ruin my life, they gave me a whole new view of the meaning of life. I couldn't love them any more than I do." ~Lessons Learned in Life
"Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together." ~Pearl S Buck
"Some mothers need to be understood. But children require more loving than anything else." ~Leah C. Dancel, 27 May 2013
"Successful mothers are not the ones who have never struggled. They are the ones who NEVER GIVE UP, despite the struggles." ~Sharon Jaynes
"Teach your children how to identify their own strengths and challenge them to contribute these strengths to others." — Marcus Buckingham
"The best academy, a mother's knee." ~James Russell Lowell
"The best lessons one learns from a father are the ones he did not preach...but the ones he lived" ~Anon
"The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other truly...and the best thing that they can do for each other is to love and take care of their children." ~Anon
"The day you realize your parents are right, your kids are telling you you're wrong." ~Anon
“The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children” ~Clarence Darrow on Parenting
"The greatest gift a parent can give a child is a belief in something greater than themselves. The greatest thing you can do with that gift is to show the world your strength in that belief." ~Robert Clancy
"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence." ~Denis Waitley
"The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking." ~Dan Pearce
"The more people have studied methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all." ~Benjamin Spock
"The most beautiful necklace a mother can wear is not gold or gems, but her child's arms around her neck." ~Anon
"The most precious gift parents can give their children is they love each other, respect each other, and care for each other." ~T N Hanh
"The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children." ~Truth Express
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family with nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." ~Calvin Trillin
"The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children" ~Mahatma Gandhi
"The longest journey through life, is down the path that leads us Home." ~Tony G.
"The most expensive jewels you will ever wear around your neck are the arms of your children, no matter how old or tarnished they become. They are truly precious."~ Anon
”The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.” ~Lane Olinghouse
"The rules for parents are but three... love, limit, and let them be." ~Elaine M. Ward
"The time between early childhood and teendom is the last best opportunity for parents to influence values. Kids this age respond to quality time with parents. They love to talk - in the car, at dinner. In a few years as teenagers, they will get quieter." ~Dr David Tayloe, Pres. of the American Academy of Paediatrics, Reader's Digest 2009
"The unconditional love of a mother is eternal... an imprint on our hearts. Here’s to those who first held us, to those who have the heart of a mother and to those that whom heaven holds." ~Engelbert Humperdinck 🎼🎤🎹🎻🎼
"The way we speak of our parents teaches our children the way they will speak of us to our grandchildren." ~Gene Crawford
"The way we speak to our child matters, for those words travel beyond their ears, settling into the creases of their hearts and the crevices of their self-worth." ~PARENTS with confidence
"... the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." ~Forest E. Witcraft
"There is in all this cold and hollow world no fount of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within a mother's heart." ~Felicia D. Hermans
"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues, of human society are created, strengthened and maintained." ~Winston Churchill
"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"There is no gift a parent can give his child that is better than good manners." ~Anon
"There is no nobler career than that of motherhood at its best." ~Elizabeth Elliot
"There is no such thing as a perfect parent." ~Sue Atkins
"There is no way to be a perfect mother ... but a million ways to be a good one." ~Jill Churchill
"There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again." ~Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
"There's nothing in the world better than watching your child succeed.” ~Katie Holmes on Parenting (Instagram)
"There will be so many times you feel like you've failed. But in the eyes, heart, and mind of your child, you are a Super Mom." ~Anon
"This Mother's Day let us recognise ALL mothers. The ones who nurture their children here on earth. The ones who carry some if not all of their children in their hearts and the ones who yearn just to conceive a child." ~Carly Marie Dudley
“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.” ~Euripides
"To be understood instead of punished, to express anger and not to be rejected, to complain and be taken seriously, to be frightened and not have ones fears trivialized, to be depressed and unhappy and feel taken care of, to express a self-doubt and feel listened to and not judged - Such experiences may be for later childhood what sensitive responsiveness to the baby's cries and other distress signals are for infancy." ~ Robert Karen, The Way of the Peaceful Parent
"Visiting your parents should never feel like a chore." ~Start at 60, FB
"We are the champions. We do double job in parenting." ~Leah Dancel on being a Single Mother
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." ~Haida Indian Saying
"We need parents to be involved with their children, and we have so many who can't help their children with homework. By being able to better their education, their foundation is stronger, and they're able to provide more for their children." ~Ruben Garcia
"We never know the love of a parent until we become parents ourselves." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"We should measure the success of our parenting not by the happiness of our children but by the goodness of their character." ~Meg Meeker
"We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up." ~Phyllis Diller
"What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all." ~Benjamin Spock
"What I didn't learn or probably missed at school, I'm learning from my children. They're the best teachers on how to be a "good parent"! Learning more each day from grandkids is to be happy and enjoy simple things each minute of day." ~Tita Balanza
“What is more powerful than the love of a mother? Perhaps only God's hand in answering her earnest pleadings on your behalf.” ~Richelle E. Goodrich
"What kids need most is to believe that they're important in their parents' lives and loved deeply." ~Dr David Elkind, Psychologist, The Hurried Child, Reader's Digest 2009
"What you teach your own children is what you really believe in." ~Cathy Warner Weatherford
"When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back." ~Linda Poindexter
"When our children find it in their hearts to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded." ~Maya Angelou
"When parents read to their children, their children are better readers. If parents don't have literacy skills or have never been read to, or they have never found joy in a book, it's really difficult for them to make that transition." ~Sharon Darling
"When the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way." ~Joe Hill
"When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live. From that time on, there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves." ~Fred Rogers
"When we listen to what our children have to say and show them that we value their opinion, we teach them that what they have inside...a voice of their own, an imagination, a point of view, a perspective that is relevant to them...is valuable and valued. Just like them!Help them know their worth." ~Mindful Wishes
"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." ~Unattributed
"When you're a MOTHER, you can't LOG OUT, PAUSE or STOP. There's no DAY OFF and NO PAY. Worst of all, you can't RESIGN." ~Anon
"When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth." ~Mitch Albom
"When your kids are little, they think you're the center of their universe. When they become teenagers, they think you're from another planet." ~Susan Gale
"When your parents are not rich but still afford to give you a beautiful life, appreciate their sacrifices." ~@uniquebymind
"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." ~Kate Douglas Wiggin
"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth." ~Khalil Gibran
"You don't need colleges and universities to educate children. Teach them well. Education starts at home with mothers as primary teachers." ~Leah C. Dancel, January 7, 2020
"You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's 13. gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace ...You have to hang in there, because two or three years later, the gremlins will return your child, and he will be wonderful again." ~Jill Eikenberry
"You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day, you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear for all eternity." ~Anon
"Your arms were always open when I needed a hug.
Your heart understood when I needed a friend.
Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson.
Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly." ~Sarah Malin
"Your children need your blessing. Make them a priority. It's not an option. It's a responsibility." ~Joel Osteen
"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall: A mother's secret love outlives them all."~Oliver Wendell Holmes
GRANDPARENTS
"A garden of love grows in a Grandmother's heart." ~Anon
"A grandfather was walking through his yard when he heard his granddaughter repeating the alphabet in a tone of voice that sounded like a prayer. He asked her what she was doing. The little girl explained: 'I'm praying, but I can't think of exactly the right words, so I'm just saying all the letters, and God will put them together for me, because He knows what I'm thinking." ~Charles B. Vaughan
"A grandmother is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of the television." ~Anon
"A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend." ~Anon
"A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance." ~Anon
“A grandparent is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” ~Anon
"A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside." ~Anon
"A Grandparent's love is strong and deep.
Filled with memories to cherish and keep."
~I Love My Family
"A house needs a grandma in it." ~Louisa May Alcott
"Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric." ~Pam Brown
“Being a grandfather doesn't bother me, but sleeping with a grandma certainly does.” ~Anon
"Bonding with grandchildren brings satisfaction, a sense of purpose and mutual unconditional love." ~Lisa Esposito
"Grandma's house IS the happiest place in the world!" ~Tamra Flournoy (FB)
"Grandparents are a family's greatest treasure." ~Ann Rama-Waugh
"Grandparents aren't in the 'autumn' of life. They are reliving the spring." ~From I Love My Family
"Grandparents held our hands during the times while they taught us how to walk, but then, what they held forever were our hearts, where they will reside eternally giving us their light and their memory." ~from Fully Aware Mind
"Grandparents never die, they become invisible and they sleep forever deep in our heart." ~from Fully Aware Mind
"I just want my grandchildren to be confident and to know that they are loved whether they achieve amazing things or are just kind little people who will never achieve great heights. For them to care about others is so much more important to me than to teach academic brilliance." ~Kerrie Keen Shoesmith
"If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first." ~Lois Wyse
"If you are blessed enough to know your Grandma, what is the one thing you remember most about her?" ~Understanding Compassion
"Most grandmas have a touch of the scallywag." ~Helen Thomson
"My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn." ~Louis Adamic
"Once they add a GRAND to your name, life, as you know it is never the same. It is much better. I love being a grandparent." ~Mountain Wisdom
"The closest friends I have made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved grandmother or grandfather." ~Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
“This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven.” ~Rick Bragg
"What good fortune it is to grow up in a home where there are grandparents." ~Suzanne Lafollette
Related Quotes:
"A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the soul, a golden thread to the meaning of life." ~Isadora James
"By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up." ~Eve Babitz
"Estranged/Alienated grandparents live with an acute awareness of this truth on a daily basis. While our adult children do all they can to devalue us in their futile attempts to bolster their pseudo self-importance we continue to hold the well-being of our grandchildren and their parents in the center of our minds and hearts. We wouldn't be here breaking the silence otherwise." ~Grandparent Alienation Is Not Natural
"I may not have a wealthy husband, or a mansion or house on the seashore, but I have a husband who would do anything for me and two beautiful children. I am rich." ~Lauren R. M. Letourneau on EG's Rich Man
"It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons." ~Johann Schiller (1759-1805)
"Mother's Day is NOT just for mums but the women in my life who have influenced me to be the best person I can throughout my childhood. Even if YOU ladies drove me crazy when I was a child, but YOU have all helped me understand my own mother a bit better and I will always be grateful for that." ~Somebody's Daughter (Miemie Verdida)
"My sister may not always be at my side, but she is always in my heart." ~Mountain Wisdom
"No mother-in-law ever remembers that she was once a daughter-in-law." -Anon
"Someday never comes and kids never learn what they're supposed to learn." ~John Fogerty, 1973 (Inspiration Line)
"The country clubs, the cars, the boats, Your assets may be ample, But the best inheritance You can leave your kids Is to be a good example." ~Harry Spilchuk
"The kind uncles and aunts of the race are more esteemed than its true spiritual fathers and mothers." ~Henry David Thoreau
Biblical Guidelines on Parenting
"Even a child is known by his deeds, whether what he does is pure and right." ~Proverbs 20:11
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." ~Proverbs 22:6
"You shall teach them (the law) diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up." ~Deuteronomy 6:7
Other Related Quotes
"Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas." ~Paula Poundstone
"Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy!" ~Philip Whitmore Snr
"Blood's thicker than water, and when one's in trouble best to seek out a relative's open arms." ~Anon
"Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child." ~Buddha
"The pioneer women who crossed a wild continent clutching their treasures to them, knew that a clock, a picture, a pair of candlesticks, meant home, even in the wilderness." ~Good Housekeeping, August 1952
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Happy Fathers Day - Lord of All Creation
Happy fathers day, to you father
Lord of all creation
Crossing all borders
Blessing every nation
You saw the light
Within your heart
You felt the pain
From the very start
From a sinner like me
Fighting my own destiny
To the soul piercing within
You've saved me, so many times
This day I'm loved
By my own family
Happy fathers day
They say today
I must respond
Look to the skies
What you say to your DAD
For he has brought you
To me
Forever my children
My destiny
A peaceful
Eternity
@Matt Mondschein
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"I Hope Grandpa Brought His Fishing Rod"
I hope Grandpa brought his fishing rod,
His hat, some bait to lure a cod.
For Heaven without fishing
Would leave Grandpa wishing
That he’d been sent to somewhere else.
God, if you don’t mind
Sending him back would be just fine.
I promise this time
I’ll listen closely to his stories
Perhaps write down his memories.
I swear I’ll go fishing with him,
Because, with Grandpa, I’ve never been.
Grandpa, if you’d let me
I’d cry you an ocean, wait and see
And all my memories
Could be the fish.
So whenever you wish
Throw a line out to sea
And you’ll catch reminders of you and me.
Source: I Love My Family
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