child quotes

“You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“A man growing old becomes a child again.”

— Sophocles

“Children are the anchors of a mother's life. ”

— Sophocles

“To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.”

— Sophocles

“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.”

— Sophocles

“A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”

— Victor Hugo

“A great artist is a great man in a great child.”

— Victor Hugo

“There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.”

— Victor Hugo

“No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.”

— Victor Hugo

“Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil! ”

— Victor Hugo

“Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.”

— Victor Hugo

“No one can keep a secret better than a child.”

— Victor Hugo

“Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.”

— Victor Hugo

“The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.”

— Victor Hugo

“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago. ”

— Julius Robert Oppenheimer

“How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.”

— Ovid

“Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.”

— William Shakespeare

“I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.”

— Robert Redford

“I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life. ”

— Robert Redford

“I have 5 children of my own. They are bilingual, like most second and third generations. But they speak primarily in English and they couldn't find anything on television that represented who they are in this country.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“Growing up with the childhood that I had, I learned to never let a man make me feel helpless, and it also embedded a deep need in me to always stick up for women. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“I felt caged by my childhood.”

— Christina Aguilera

“When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry, my only response was, 'What can I do to help?' ”

— Christina Aguilera

“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. ”

— George Washington Bush

child quotes

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.”

“What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? ”

“The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice. ”

“You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.”

“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”

“A man growing old becomes a child again.”

“Children are the anchors of a mother's life. ”

“To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.”

“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.”

“A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”

“A great artist is a great man in a great child.”

“There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.”

“No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.”

“Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil! ”

“Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.”

“No one can keep a secret better than a child.”

“Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.”

“The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.”

“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago. ”

“How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.”

“Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.”

“I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.”

“I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life. ”

“I have 5 children of my own. They are bilingual, like most second and third generations. But they speak primarily in English and they couldn't find anything on television that represented who they are in this country.”

“Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.”

“After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children. ”

“Growing up with the childhood that I had, I learned to never let a man make me feel helpless, and it also embedded a deep need in me to always stick up for women. ”

“I felt caged by my childhood.”

“When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry, my only response was, 'What can I do to help?' ”

“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. ”