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Children have more need of models than of critics.
Joseph Joubert1754–1824Pearls of Thought (1881), p. 40
Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo….
James Joyce1882–1941A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Chapter I (1 of 2)In context
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Carl Jung1875–1961The Integration of the Personality (1939), p. 285
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Carl Jung1875–1961
Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam1931–2015Philosophy & Social Action (2003)
Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963Re: United States Committee for UNICEF (25 July 1963)
- Hope
Kids are cute, babies are cute, puppies are cute. The little things are cute. See, nature did this on purpose so that we would want to take care of our young. Made them cute. Tricked us. Then gradually they get older and older, until one day your mother sits you down and says, ‘You know, I think you’re ugly enough to get your own apartment.’
CLCathy Ladmanborn 1955
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
Fran Lebowitzborn 1950Social Studies (1981), “Parental Guidance”.
When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em.
Harper Lee1926–2016To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), Pt. 1, Ch. 9 (Atticus Finch)
- Advice
Parents should leave books lying around marked “forbidden” if they want their children to read.
Doris Lessing1919–2013Interview with Amanda Craig, “Grand dame of letters who’s not going quietly”, The Times (London, 23 November 2003, reprinted 3 June 2004)
- Reading
It is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Silver Chair (1953), Ch. 16: The Healing of Harms
- Maturity
The sooner you treat him as a man, the sooner he will begin to be one.
John Locke1632–1704Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), Sec. 95
- Maturity
Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,
That is known as the children’s hour.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Children’s Hour (1860)In context
- Time
I hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet,
The sound of a door that is opened.
And voices soft and sweet.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Children’s Hour (1860)In context
All our children are outriders for a queendom not yet assured.
Audre Lorde1934–1992Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984), “Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response”, p. 73