An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands. Passion swells by gratification; and the impossibility of satisfying every one of his wishes will oblige you to stop short at last after he has become headstrong.
Children Quotes
The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.
It is a wise child that knows his own father.
It might as well be admitted that children irritate us; and this means that we are no longer capable of entering into their kingdom. We revenge ourselves by teaching them all sorts of worthless knowledge.
Children are our most valuable natural resource.
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Don’t take up a man’s time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.
Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.
Be patient with the boys – you are dealing with soul-stuff.
It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterwards. The fortune of our lives, therefore, depends on employing well the short period of youth.
