Child quotes

“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” Rabindranath Tagore

“From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.” Rabindranath Tagore

“Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.” Desmond Tutu

“God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God.” Desmond Tutu

“It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.” Desmond Tutu

“In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights.” Desmond Tutu

“When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.” Desmond Tutu

“That great Cathedral space which was childhood.” Virginia Woolf

“Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.” Frank Lloyd Wright

“I was adopting an Ethiopian child, that's not true. My house was haunted, that wasn't true. God, there's been so many rumours.” Adele

“I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon.” Adele

“If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.” Lance Armstrong

“If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.” Lance Armstrong

“I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.” John Adams

“Genius is sorrow's child.” John Adams

“As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.” John Adams

“You see much more of your children once they leave home.” Lucille Ball

“I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children.” Lucille Ball

“Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.” Ambrose Bierce

“Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.” Ambrose Bierce

“It takes three to make a child.” Edward Estlin Cummings

“At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.” Edward Estlin Cummings

“When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.” Stephen Covey

“Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.” Stephen Covey

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

“Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.” John Ruskin

“The child is father of the man.” William Wordsworth

“Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.” Jeff Bridges

“A grownup is a child with layers on.” Woody Harrelson