~ Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. ~
~ The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ~
~ If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. ~
~ Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. ~
~ Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. ~
~ Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. ~
~ Children desperately need to know - and to hear in ways they understand and remember - that they're loved and valued by mom and dad ~
~ Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. ~
~ Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ~
~ You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. ~
~ You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going. ~
~ Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterward. ~