English was good enough for Jesus Christ and it's good enough for the children of Texas. Votes: 3
Miriam A. FergusonWe would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were. Votes: 3
Mort SahlIt is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons. Votes: 3
Sadie FrostFor a long time, I have been inclined to start a school for the talented children. Votes: 2
SivamaniChildren, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. Votes: 2
Honore de BalzacChildren should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up. Votes: 0
Mata AmritanandamayiArtists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books. Votes: 0
Richard ScarryEconomic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked. Votes: 0
Jon Huntsman, Jr.Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children. Votes: 0
Iyanla VanzantIt is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind. Votes: 0
Marian Wright EdelmanThe glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools. Votes: 0
Jane Welsh CarlyleFreedom from indoctrination ought to be a basic human right for all children. Votes: 0
Bjorn UlvaeusWhen dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing Votes: 0
Maria MontessoriEvery novelist should write something for children at least once in his lifetime. Votes: 0
Henryk SienkiewiczAre parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves? Votes: 0
Jeffrey ArcherLife under the Soviet system was often funny, absurd really, especially for children. Votes: 0
Jaak KilmiSetting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment. Votes: 0
Doug LarsonNow is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayMy mother would do anything for her children. And that's how I am too. Votes: 0
Mary, Crown Princess of DenmarkChildren don't vote but adults who do must stand up and vote for them. Votes: 0
Marian Wright EdelmanWe should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them. Votes: 0
Jean-Jacques RousseauIt is impossible for any woman to love her children twenty-four hours a day. Votes: 0
Milton SapirsteinI love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them. Votes: 0
Elizabeth EdwardsI don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.' Votes: 0
Maurice SendakWe want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Votes: 0
Dora RussellChildren are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. Votes: 0
John F. KennedyYou can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Votes: 0
Franklin P. JonesI have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect. Votes: 0
Nick CaveYou can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Votes: 0
Franklin P. AdamsAll mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages. Votes: 0
Robertson DaviesThey grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter. Votes: 0
Sara GruenFor we were little Christian children and early learned the value of forbidden fruit. Votes: 0
Mark TwainI think tremendous change has taken place since the World Summit for Children in 1990. Votes: 0
Carol BellamyMy father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity. Votes: 0
David BowieChildren are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents. Votes: 0
Howard G. HendricksYou should never take responsibility for more children than you can give attention to. Votes: 0
James RedfieldChildren aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. Votes: 0
Ogden NashOld grandsires talk of yesterday with sorrow, And for our children we reserve tomorrow. Votes: 0
John DonneEven little children repeat that oftentimes people are hanged for having told the truth. Votes: 0
Joan of ArcChildren, we should simplify our life's needs and use the resulting savings for charity. Votes: 0
Mata AmritanandamayiAdoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children Votes: 0
Joyce Maguire PavaoParents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. Votes: 0
Marie Von Ebner EschenbachParents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. Votes: 0
Marie von Ebner-EschenbachChildren who remember their past lives offer the most compelling evidence yet for reincarnation. Votes: 0
Carol BowmanWe cannot leave our children disconnected from opportunities that are designed specially for them. Votes: 0
Sharad Vivek SagarThe test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children. Votes: 0
Dietrich BonhoefferIt ought to be a crime for any woman to have children that writes books. Votes: 0
Josephine Dodge Daskam BaconThe ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well. Votes: 0
Mignon McLaughlinI don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt. Votes: 0
Francois HollandeSetting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. Votes: 0
William FeatherMy children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt. Votes: 0
Princess MargaretA man ought to pray daily for himself, his wife, his children and his family. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaWalt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults. Votes: 0
Dick Van DykeJesus' love for His children continues to be the greatest love story of all time. Votes: 0
Monica JohnsonIt's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around. Votes: 0
Rose KennedyIt was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children Votes: 0
George OrwellPfft, I hate Christmas Day. It's for children and families. Not for people like me. Votes: 0
Karl LagerfeldI longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood. Votes: 0
Beverly ClearyA lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves. Votes: 0
BanksyWhen you write for children, don't write for children. Write from the child in you. Votes: 0
Charles GhignaWe want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Votes: 0
Dora RussellThe good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children. Votes: 0
Alain de BottonI think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children. Votes: 0
bell hooksFiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children. Votes: 0
Helen Dunmorea good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children. Votes: 0
Philippa PearceStart a program for gifted children, and every parent demands that his child be enrolled. Votes: 0
Thomas A. BaileyChildren love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy Votes: 0
Donna TarttChildren love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy. Votes: 0
Donna TarttWomen have been dependent upon men for their survival, for the survival of their children. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellParents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children. Votes: 0
Gordon NeufeldFor parents to restrain the inclinations of their children in marriage is an usurped power. Votes: 0
Henry FieldingI'll probably never have children because I don't believe in touching people for any reason. Votes: 0
Paula PoundstoneWe adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children. Votes: 0
Kailash SatyarthiFor decades, I have supported adoption, and have helped tens of thousands of children worldwide. Votes: 0
Pat RobertsonPraise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement. Votes: 0
Ezra Taft BensonViolence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education. Votes: 0
Julian BondYoung children especially need the visual reinforcement of seeing you turn to Scripture for wisdom. Votes: 0
Kara DurbinI am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children. Votes: 0
Katherine HeiglAllow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonThe only love that I really believe in is a motherâs love for her children. Votes: 0
Karl LagerfeldFor these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for whatthey become. Votes: 0
James A. BaldwinThe most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Votes: 0
Theodore HesburghIt's important for children to see what's out there and learn that it's fun to go. Votes: 0
Heidi KlumI will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them. Votes: 0
Stephanie Pearl-McPheeFor me, a good children's book is a good children's book is a good children's book. Votes: 0
LeVar BurtonFolks think that children will make up for all they ought to do and haven't done ... Votes: 0
Josephine LawrenceChildren are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making. Votes: 0
Dan PearceI believe that a parents role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children. Votes: 0
David SoulI believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children. Votes: 0
David SoulI think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children. Votes: 0
Eleanor CattonHow is it we're the lucky ones, living a life that the children-we-were took for dreams? Votes: 0
Richard BachI have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers. Votes: 0
Patricia MacLachlanOften, women who lose babies are blamed for the loss of those children and are ostracised. Votes: 0
Jane ChenWriting for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words. Votes: 0
Mo WillemsThat's so important for children when they're growing up, to have a strong male role model. Votes: 0
Mary BadhamMy children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful. Votes: 0
Treat WilliamsWhere parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves. Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardWe write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. Votes: 0
Isaac Bashevis SingerThe central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears. Votes: 0
Ellen GoodmanA great tribute, is expressing the great love for a Grandmother we share with our children. Votes: 0
Tom BakerNo matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Votes: 0
Florida Scott-MaxwellEvery penny from Gossip Girl, my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children. Votes: 0
Kelly RutherfordIf we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge. Votes: 0
Brad ShermanNo matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Votes: 0
Florida Scott-MaxwellThe imagination of our children is blunted on television, and their thinking is done for them. Votes: 0
Stanley R. JaffeMy father-in-law is so sensitive. Sometimes I think he displays too much love for my children. Votes: 0
Columba BushWomen are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve. Votes: 0
Wangari MaathaiI realize the differences between my children and use what works for each of them individually. Votes: 0
Jennie FinchWith proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Votes: 0
Laurence BinyonThe most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. Votes: 0
Mark TwainI believe that parents who love their children do everything for them with love, even discipline. Votes: 0
Ellen J. BarrierSock Monsters Pay-It-Forward to offer hospitalized children a chance to smile, if only for a while! Votes: 0
Dalene DaviesAmong politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.' Votes: 0
Edward AbbeyWe're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become. Votes: 0
Alistair BeggCome children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayThe easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any. Votes: 0
Katharine WhitehornLive a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children. Votes: 0
Chevy ChaseI'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children. Votes: 0
Diane AbbottIt is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. Votes: 0
Pope John XXIIIBe careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverThe children who need love the most will always ask for it in the most unloving ways Votes: 0
Russel BarkleyIt's really all about family, love and the children for me. I work at that every day. Votes: 0
Celine DionThe best way to encourage your children is to let them know you are praying for them. Votes: 0
Jim GeorgeSeeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children. Votes: 0
Cathy RigbyFor the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaIf children gave up when they fell for the first time, they would never learn to walk. Votes: 0
Louise HayThere's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth. Votes: 0
Richie SamboraMany a man spanks his children for things his own father should have spanked out of him. Votes: 0
Don MarquisFor a long time, I wanted children. When I was about 30 or 32, I really thought about it. Votes: 0
Bo DerekThe moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children. Votes: 0
Marie von Ebner-EschenbachBut hope will make thee young, for Hope and Youth Are children of one mother, even Love. Votes: 0
Percy Bysshe ShelleyIf you can prevent one fight among your children, let it be the fight for your attention. Votes: 0
Wes FeslerActors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up. Votes: 0
Jeremy IronsAs far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults. Votes: 0
Richard K. MorganBe natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art. Votes: 0
Charles DickensIf I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God! Votes: 0
Dwight L. MoodyI have no quarrel with people who lack the skill or temperament to care for small children. Votes: 0
Carolyn HaxI think marriage is a good thing for children, because it gives them a feeling of security. Votes: 0
George MichaelIn reality, we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings. Votes: 0
Wilhelm StekelGive me back the $800 billion for the Iraq war and children's television PBS is on the house. Votes: 0
Jon StewartEvery penny from 'Gossip Girl,' my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children. Votes: 0
Kelly RutherfordThe English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawWhen you inoculate children with a polio vaccine, you don't sleep well for two or three months. Votes: 0
Jonas SalkThe voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareThe sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists. Votes: 0
Artur SchnabelThe world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future Votes: 0
Desmond TutuThe sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists." Votes: 0
Artur SchnabelBy trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them. Votes: 0
Mardy GrotheWe cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it. Votes: 0
Rudolf DreikursSome teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it. Votes: 0
Temple GrandinBy trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them." Votes: 0
Mardy GrothePeople have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it. Votes: 0
Celia GreenI was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults. Votes: 0
Kate DiCamilloFor children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. Votes: 0
G.K. ChestertonThe only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children. Votes: 0
Bill MollisonMen of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinFor children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe can no more create the perfect environment for our children than we can create perfect children. Votes: 0
Hanna RosinFor what's the point of breeding children, if each generation does not improve on what went before. Votes: 0
Hilary MantelI'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength. Votes: 0
Sandra LeeThere aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl. Votes: 0
Fiona AppleI have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it. Votes: 0
Gretchen RubinTime spent in nature decreases stress and anxiety and improves focus for adults as well as children. Votes: 0
Laura BushLive in such a way that when you die you leave God in your will for your children. Votes: 0
Shannon L. AlderEach of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children Votes: 0
Nelson MandelaMy children, every time they ask me for something, I tell them to round their old stuff up. Votes: 0
Shaquille O'NealAs fathers, we know what a force for life children can be. They represent all of our futures. Votes: 0
Ewan McGregorI like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children! Votes: 0
Lee EzellHaving five children in six years is the best training in the world for Speaker of the House. Votes: 0
Nancy PelosiYou don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu. Votes: 0
Karen RussellWhat I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes. Votes: 0
Laura BushI cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children. Votes: 0
Arnold Lobelwe compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet Votes: 0
Sheryl SandbergMarry for love, stay married, and raise happy children who are quick to laugh and slow to judge. Votes: 0
Christopher MooreDo not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time. Votes: 0
Ali ibn Abi TalibWhen children are ready to talk, that is the time for parents to listen, regardless of the hour. Votes: 0
Delbert L. StapleyA Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenEverything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match. Votes: 0
Bubba SmithStories are one of the greatest gifts we can give to our children. Stories are equipment for life. Votes: 0
Matthew KniselySo if you can manage it, you shouldn't touch your partner, except for the sake of having children. Votes: 0
Saint AugustineWe have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards. Votes: 0
Shirley WilliamsThe films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best. Votes: 0
Emma ThompsonI'm blessed with health and energy and passion for the game of baseball, and also to help children. Votes: 0
Carlos DelgadoIt is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake. Votes: 0
Henry LawsonWe inevitably doom our children to failure and frustration when we try to set their goals for them. Votes: 0
Jess LairDon't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own. Votes: 0
PlatoThe world today is changing rapidly, and we are helping to make it better for our children's future. Votes: 0
Ginny Brown-WaiteAnd please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers. Votes: 0
Rick RiordanTo me when a mother puts food in a microwave for her children, it is an act of hate Votes: 0
Raymond BlancIt is often easier for our children to obtain a gun than it is to find a good school. Votes: 0
Joycelyn EldersI love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life. Votes: 0
Lara Flynn BoyleI do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay. Votes: 0
Ram KapoorMy children are most important to me. I'm a mother and I adore my children. I live for them. Votes: 0
Camille GrammerOur children are the only people on whom we can safely take revenge for what was done to us. Votes: 0
Gloria SteinemI fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I'm taking action. Please join me... Votes: 0
Madonna CicconeWell, I've got two small children and this is a very important time for me to be around them. Votes: 0
Treat WilliamsIt is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men. Votes: 0
Walter M. Miller, Jr.I've always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children. Votes: 0
Corey FeldmanEvery one of our children will be brought into the ark, if we pray and work earnestly for them. Votes: 0
Dwight L. MoodyA lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you. Votes: 0
Robert CarlyleWe find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonShe slept a dreamless sleep free of dragons for she had slain them once again. The Children of Ankh Votes: 0
Kim CormackNo one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves. Votes: 0
Stephen KingThere are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children. Votes: 0
W. H. AudenThe best thing parents can do for their children is allow them to be who they were born to be. Votes: 0
Nancy Arroyo RuffinI never speak for my husband, and I never speak for my children. It's a rule. Believe me, it is. Votes: 0
Annette BeningI'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children. Votes: 0
Randy PauschHow do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it Votes: 0
Maurice SendakI have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension. Votes: 0
Miuccia PradaIn the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves. Votes: 0
Ann LandersThe advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it. Votes: 0
Kerri WalshI already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children. Votes: 0
MichelangeloIt is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers. Votes: 0
Sara Lawrence-LightfootMy children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them. Votes: 0
Hunter Tylo