Children Quotes

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

~ Craig T. Nelson

Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.

~ Robbie Coltrane

Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes.

~ Todd Tiahrt

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

~ Steffi Graf

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

~ Anthony Edwards

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.

~ Allan Bloom

I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.

~ Jill Clayburgh

Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.

~ Dale Archer

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

~ Muriel Spark

Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do.

~ Charles J. Shields

I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago.

~ Joan Lunden

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

~ Roy L. Smith

There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.

~ Fiona Apple

Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.

~ Patricia Heaton

Because we men have been physically stronger and more arrogant, we've influenced much of the cool stuff of the world, like basing the definition of courage on what we do on battlefields rather than on the patience or endurance or tolerance necessary for a sometimes painful daily grind that includes small children.

~ Clyde Edgerton

We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.

~ Victoria Osteen

Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.

~ Victoria Osteen

It is my desire to break the destructive generational cycle of illiteracy in the home by focusing on the children. Reading to your child has so much value as a parent because it opens the lines of communication.

~ Victoria Osteen

Revelation is communication from God to His children on the earth and one of the great blessings associated with the gift and constant companionship of the Holy Ghost.

~ David A. Bednar

In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life.

~ Jane Velez-Mitchell

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

~ Gloria Estefan

My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.

~ Rick Springfield

I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.

~ Mike Tyson

We are raising today's children in sterile, risk-averse and highly structured environments. In so doing, we are failing to cultivate artists, pioneers and entrepreneurs, and instead cultivating a generation of children who can follow the rules in organized sports games, sit for hours in front of screens and mark bubbles on standardized tests.

~ Darell Hammond

As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.

~ Naveen Jain

I've told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn't kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.

~ Angelina Jolie

I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be.

~ Abhishek Bachchan

For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

~ Michel De Montaigne

Youth sports could not exist without millions of volunteers and modestly paid coaches who teach our children how to skate and catch and dribble and also how to get along with others.

~ George Vecsey

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.

~ Samuel Richardson

We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.

~ Jerry Reinsdorf

I leave work by 6:30 P.M. so I can spend some time with the children. Inevitably, we'll end up watching basketball or football. I live in a house of boys, and they're all sports mad, so I don't stand a chance.

~ Aerin Lauder

That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity.

~ Joe Nichols

At Reliance Foundation schools, we lay special emphasis on value-based education, sports, and overall development of students. That is why the teacher-students ratio is kept at a healthy 1:20 so that all children get proper attention in class.

~ Nita Ambani

Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their stories to be told, and that they will be applauded - and it's not about ego, it's about connection: that their pain is everybody else's pain.

~ Tom Hiddleston

Only one in five children in the U.S. lives within walking distance of a park. Many more lack access to a quality early childhood education that provides ample time and space to play.

~ Darell Hammond

Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as a consequence. The value of liminal space and transitional imagination remain personally and culturally undeveloped.

~ Michael Leunig

Pour a liquid out of its container, and it changes shape, fills the space you give it. If you give children a lot of space, it may surprise you where they'll go and the shape they'll take.

~ Nancy Gibbs

It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.

~ Kate Middleton