I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away. Nancy Mitford
I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them. Phyllis Diller
Children are God’s Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope and peace. James Russell Lowell
Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion. Terence.
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S Truman
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. P J O’Rourke
When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. Louis Pasteur
The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born. Dean Inge
Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present. Jean de la Bruyere
You see much more of your children once they leave home. Lucille Ball
Children are given to us to discourage our better emotions. Saki (H H Munro)
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. Henry Ward Beecher
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. Henry Fielding
A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune. Richard Whately
In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again: and in him, too, once more, and of each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life; toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terror, and of God. James Agee
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Sophocles
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. Garrison Keillor
Young children scare easily – a tough tone, a sharp reprimand, an exasperated glance, a peeved scowl will do it. Little signs of rejection – you don’t have to hit young children to hurt them – cut very deeply. James L Hymes
My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. Adrienne Rich
Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. Peter Ustinov
People with bad consciences always fear the judgement of children. Mary McCarthy
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. John Locke
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. William Penn
It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children. Kingsley Amis