Children Quotes

Children learn from copying grown people. If we hit them, they will hit each other. If we treat others unjustly, so will they. In their bringing up, children must be fairly treated; they must be surrounded by fairness. The rights of both parents and children must be respected.

The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

The burnt child shuns the fire. Until next day.

A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure.

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.

I see the mind of a five-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and creativeness.