1. “The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.” ― Ray L. Wilbur
2. “A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice, but as yet unstained.” ― Lyman Abbott
3. “The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” ― Orlando Aloysius Battista
4. “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” ― John F. Kennedy
5. “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead
6. “Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children.” ― Diana, Princess of Wales
7. “Teach your children they’re unique. That way, they won’t feel pressured to be like everybody else.” ― Cindy Cashman
8. “Children see magic because they look for it.” ― Christopher Moore
9. “A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.” ― Robert Brault
10. “Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.” ― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
11. “If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much.” ― Marian Wright Edelman
12. “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein
13. “If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
14. “At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.” ― Ellen Key
15. “You know who’s going to build that better world? It’s the youth. Children will do things that are now considered impossible.” ― Kacey McCallister
16. “The soul is healed by being with children.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
17. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” ― James Baldwin
18. “If a man leaves little children behind him, it is as if he did not die.” ― Moroccan Proverb
19. “Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” ― Jess Lair
20. “Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history.” ― Ray Merritt
21. “What is a home without children? Quiet.” ― Henny Youngman
22. “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” ― Franklin P. Jones
23. “Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” ― Robert Fulghum
24. “Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think.” ― Anne Frank
25. “Children will listen to you after they feel listened to.” ― Jane Nelsen
26. “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” ― Frederick Douglas
27. “Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.” ― Alice Miller
28. “Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” ― Wess Stafford
29. “There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.” ― Mark Lawrence
30. “It takes a village to raise a child.” ― African proverb
31. “Children are our most valuable resource.” ― Herbert Hoover
32. “Children are like wet cement: whatever falls on them makes an impression.” ― Haim Ginott
33. “Children make you want to start life over.” ― Muhammad Ali
34. “Children make your life important.” ― Erma Bombeck
35. “You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.” ― Barbara Bush
36. “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” ― Oscar Wilde
37. “When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments – tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become.” ― Louis Pasteur
38. “Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
39. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr.
40. “There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.” ― Marva Collins
41. “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.” ― A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
42. “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” ― Denis Waitley
43. “To every child – I dream of a world where you can laugh, dance, sing, learn, live in peace and be happy.” ― Malala Yousafzai
44. “Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.” ― James Dobson
45. “Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” ― W.E.B. Du Bois
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