Quotes and Sayings about Children & Childhood (Page 2)

I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.

The great illusion of childhood is that adults have all the power and freedom. But the truth is the opposite. A child is freer than a king.

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

A child's faith, such sweet innocence. And yet they say, wisdom oft comes from the mouths of babes.

Childhood is short and maturity is forever.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun. You should stay a kid as long as possible!

Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.

Preschool children are virtuosos of imagination.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

I've learned that you are never too small to make a difference.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy!

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Children are our best judges.

Where'd the days go, when all we did was play?
And the stress that we were under wasn't stress at all
Just a run and a jump into a harmless fall

The most efficient form of birth control I know is spending the day with my kids.