144 Children Quotes
This collection of children quotes should remind all of us of the treasure that each and every child truly is. Each child is a blessing; a child to behold, to love, to cherish, to comfort and to help mature in ways that are good and noble. A child will grow as you model the behavior that is desirable. You may also enjoy our collection of poems about children.Quotes /
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When a child learns to submit to his parents’ loving leadership, less conflict occurs, harmony prevails, and the parent-child relationship is greatly enhanced.
Den Trumbull, Loving by Leading
Poems of Encouragement -
"It's always been my feeling that God
lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old.
If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late."
Betty Ford
Christian Poems -
Every child is a different kind of flower and all together make this world a beautiful garden.
Gbenro Ajibade
Garden Poems -
Children may be able to play but without friendship, the thrills of play soon subside.
Samatha Anne Marie Lynch
Friendship Poems -
The mother's heart is always with her children.
Proverb
Mothers Day Poems -
To a child, they can be a treasure full of glee - picture books and storybooks oh, how a child loves to look.
Catherine Pulsifer, Show Us Many Things
Poems About Books -
Let me love you a little more, before you are not little anymore.
Unknown
Valentines Day Poems -
"Children remind us to use our imagination, to have fun,
and to enjoy the simple things that life has to offer."
Catherine Pulsifer
Imagination Quotes -
Just as the farmer who expects crops needs to till, plant, water, weed, watch, and pray, the parent who desires to see a
harvest in the heart of his or her child must do the same.
Voddie Baucham Jr., Family Driven Faith
Poems About Family -
Being a parent is not an easy thing - you want the best for your child
Kate Summers, Being A Parent
Poems About Parent -
Listen to the Shouldn'ts, the Impossibles, the Won'ts. Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child, Anything can be.
Shel Silverstein, Listen
Where The Sidewalk Ends Poem -
I was a child, and childhood's richest treasures, a father's care and mother's kiss, were mine
Ellwood Haines Stokes, Full Blossomed
Poems About Memories -
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Garden Poems -
Halloween a time children love to see - a time they can dress up as they please.
Catherine Pulsifer, A Time of Fun
Halloween Poems -
To smile and listen while it talks and lend a finger when it walks; this is a Mother's Love.
James Montgomery, A Mother's Love
A Mother's Love Poem -
A small boy is a pain in the neck when he is around, and a pain in the heart when he is not.
Unknown
Funny Poems About Life -
Count my blessings every day for these children in every way.
Catherine Pulsifer, Such Joy
Poems About Grandchildren -
The book of the new year is opened; its pages are spotless and new; and so, as each leaflet is turning,
dear children, beware what you do!
Emily Bugbee Johnson, The Book Of The New Year
New Year Poems -
The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, 'When I grow up, I want to be just like my dad.'
Billy Graham
Dad Poems -
Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God might not be something you do, but someone you raise.
Andy Stanley
Poems About Mothers -
Kids don't tell you often enough how much they appreciate you. But at home, we hear how much they do.
Catherine Pulsifer, We Appreciate You
Christmas Poems for Teachers -
The next dandelion you see...remember your childhood days - you pick them for your Mom in May!
Catherine Pulsifer, First To Appear
Dandelion Poems -
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
Respect Quotes -
All parents desire their children to be happy. No matter how bitter their own life has been
Grace Gold
Poems About Happiness -
The peace of childhood's lovely dreams, and I, grown old, almost forget the truths with which I am beset.
Edgar A. Guest, Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve Poems -
The children's eyes are so bright as we turn on the Christmas tree lights. They are so full of excitement and joy.
Catherine Pulsifer, Presents Under The Tree
Christmas Tree Poems -
The man the world shall need some day may be your little boy or mine.
Edgar A. Guest
Father Son Poems -
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
Kate DiCamillo
Quotes about Reading -
We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock.
Kevin Costner
Legacy Quotes -
Children and mothers never truly part. They're bound in the beating of each other's heart.
Author Unknown
Mothers Day Poem From Son -
Who sends th' children off to school to play football and act th' fool? Father
Nat Campbell, Who Is Father
What Is A Dad Poem -
We watched you grow - we were so proud we glowed.
Kate Summers, A Head Of Curls
Poems About Daughter -
Going to see my grandparents was the highlight of my childhood summers. I was doted upon, admired, entertained and overfed. I was never more content and happy.
Carolyn Anthony
Quotes on Grandparents -
... the temple the teacher builded will last while the ages roll; for the beautiful, unseen temple, was a child's immortal soul.
Hattie Vose Hall, A Tribute To Teachers
Teacher Appreciation Poem -
God knew that it doesn’t matter how your children get to your family. It just matters that they got there.
Kira Mortenson
Adoption Poems -
We are better during the time for having, in the soul, become a youngster again at Christmas time
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Famous Christmas Poems -
Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.
Dr. Seuss
Birthday Poems For Granddaughter -
Babies for such a short time, children grow up way to fast, enjoy each day with them.
Catherine Pulsifer
Quotes About Babies -
For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.
Charles Dickens
Christian Christmas Poems -
I think we all know deep in our heart that babies are from God and give a fresh start
Catherine Pulsifer, Why
Baby Poems - Children and Grandmas are like peanut butter and jam.
Victoria L. Adenson
Grandma Quotes -
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
Josh Billings
Famous Poems About Life -
The children hang their stockings and they hurry off to bed, to lie awake and listen for Santa Claus o'erhead.
Anne J. Harper, Welcome Vistor
Christmas Eve Poems -
We look too far for blessings...we ought to be like children who find their chiefest toys
Sarah Knowles Bolton, Blessings Near At Hand
Poems About Contentment -
Kids are hilarious. They say the darndest things, but that’s just because they don’t know what they’re saying and that just makes much more funniness happen.
Kenan Thompson
Funny Fathers Day Poems -
A superstition of great beauty prevails in Ireland - that when a child
smiles in its sleep it is talking to angels.
Alfred Fowler
Poems About Angels -
And those grandchildren, sporting round thy knee, thy little subjects, looking up to thee as one who claims their fond allegiance still.
Bernard Barton, Not So!
Growing Old Poems -
We teach our children that Christmas, is trees, pageants and presents. But let us not forget, first, that Christmas is Jesus event!
Julie Hebert, What Christmas Is All About
Christmas Poems -
Better to teach a child than toil to fill perfection's round
George McDonald, Better Things
Optimistic Poems -
I believe in the imagination, the trust, the hopes and ideals which dwell in the hearts of all children.
Ozora Davis, Mom Believes
Mom Poems -
Sisters and brothers are together for life. Growing up, there is at times, strife but, no matter what there is always a bond
Catherine Pulsifer, Lifelong Sister and Brother
Brother Poems From Sister -
Our children are precious and such a joy even when we trip on their toys.
Catherine Pulsifer, The Reasons Are Many
Happy Fathers Day To My Husband -
The fall it starts to cool and the children venture back to school
Catherine Pulsifer, The Seasons
Poems About The Seasons -
If parents are disrespectful, children will catch it like a cold. If parents are gracious, children will bask in it like the beach on a sunny day.
Michael Cannon
Poems About Poetry -
There are two things we should give our children: one is roots and the other is wings. And part of those wings is our hands, helping them fly.
Hodding Carter Jr.
Quotes About Helping Hand -
Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education.
Alice Waters
Community Quotes -
Children are the most wholesome part of the race,
the sweetest, for they are the freshest from the Hand of God.
Herbert Hoover
Poems About God -
Dear little arms that cling and twine around thy mother's lonely heart; dear little hands laid in my own, God grant that we may never part.
Annie Russell, My Baby
Thankful For My Child - "... good manners is the most important quality to be nurtured inside the home."
Claire Stranberg, Raising Kids With Good Manners
Home Quotes -
For we God's children are and dear to Him, and to each other near in close relationship.
Guy Hootman, Relationship
Poems About Prayer -
The first day of school is the reason why children are happy but then some cry
Catherine Pulsifer, First Day
Poems About School -
Others weary of the noise, Mothers play with boys and girls.
Amos R. Wells, Mothers And Others
Prayer for Mother -
"Before you were conceived I wanted you
In today’s busy, two-career and single-parent families, an involved grandparent can go a long way to filling a void for children.
Susan Bosak
Grandparents Poems -
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for
a father's protection.
Sigmund Freud
Father Quotes - "We couldn't of asked, for a better first child,
you've made true to all of our hopes."
Julie Hebert, Thankful For My Child
Poems About Hope -
But everyday I'm growing . . .I'll be all grown-up someday, and all the tiny fingerprints will surely fade away.
Unknown, My Handprints
Poems About Hands -
Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.
Richard Paul Evans
Sunset Quotes -
If you lead your child to good waters (the wisdom of the inspired Word of God), they will drink from a fountain of well-being.
Cookie Schwaeber-Issan, Mistake-proof Parenting
Fathers Day Poems -
Beautiful snow! Childhood's quick glances see the bright fancies
Major Sigourney, Beautiful Snow
Poems About Snowflakes - "Children are likely to live up to what you believe in them."
Lady Bird Johnson
Believe Quotes -
One of the great miracles of life given through our God above is that of the birth of a child. A child is a blessing like no other and can never be duplicated.
Byron Pulsifer
A Father's Prayer -
One of the great miracles of life given through our God above is that of the birth of a child. A child is a blessing like no other and can never be duplicated
Byron Pulsifer
Quotes About God's Blessings -
One child sees sunlit air and sky and bursting leaf buds, round and ruddy; another looks at his own feet, and only sees that it is muddy!
Henrietta R. Eliot, What You See
Attitude Poems -
A child should always say what’s true
R. L. Stevenson, Good Manners
Keys For Life -
Lack of trust, whether justified or not, is a major cause of arguments
between parents and children, and, later, between relatives.
Responsibility breeds trust.
Rick Brinkman, Dealing with Relatives: Your Guide to Successful Family Relationships
Short Family Quotes - Kids love reciting rhyming verses and poems - watch the smile they bring to a child's face Catherine Pulsifer
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"Children are our most valuable natural resource."
Herbert Hoover
Wealth Quotes -
... treasure the time you have to spend, each day with your child.
Julie Hebert, From One Mother To Another
For Mom -
When children are playing alone on the green, in comes the playmate that never was seen.
Poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson, The Unseen Playmate -
May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood
Max Ehrmann
A Prayer -
Girls and boys leave your toys. Come and taste cold-weather joys.Bring your sleds and bring your skates.
Cobb, Winter Waits
Winter Poems -
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Words For A Wonderful Mother -
I am proud of you my wonderful treasure
You are special, unique and a wonderful pleasure! Catherine Pulsifer, Baby Steps
Appreciation Quotes - Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home.
Irish Saying
Irish Blessing Quotes -
Active, agile, playful, wild - who is happier than a child?
Unknown, When We Were Boys
A Laugh Pays Best In The End -
Children, ye are buds maturing; make your autumn rich and grand
Unknown, Forest Trees
Tree Poems -
In our hearts, you'll forever reside, our cherished child, our joy, our pride.
Catherine Pulsifer, Forever Grateful
Adoption Quotes -
Children and animals have a special relationship that every parent can see as their child grows
Catherine Pulsifer
Animal Poems For Kids - "If you can't hold children in your arms, please hold them in your heart."
Mother Clara Hale
Inspirational Quotes -
Train me, I beg you,that I may be a blessing to the world.
Mamie Gene Cole
Baby Shower Poems -
Ah ! well, if we could only know.....what joy and pleasure from us flow as we leave childhood years behind.
Bernhart Paul Holst
Poems on Life Lessons -
"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
Opportunity Quotes - "Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your
relationship with him."
Dr. Henker
Quotes to Live By -
As children grow older our lives change, we learn to rearrange.
Julie Hebert, Live Life
Living Life Poem -
"A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it."
Frank A. Clark
Short Love Quotes - "Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us,
hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what
we do for them is never wasted."
Garrison Keillor
Attitude Quotes -
Often it is not until we have our own child that we realize how enormously capable they are from such a young age.
Simone Davies, The Montessori Toddler
Inspirational Poems - "In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born,
one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense
of two people existing only for each other."
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Simplicity Quotes - "Babies are such a nice way to start people."
Don Herrold
Smile Quotes -
We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Christmas Verses -
It is amazing to see how big they can be
Yesterday so small today so tall. Catherine Pulsifer, Amazing To See
Poems About Children Growing Up -
We can't wait to grow up and do different stuff. We can't wait to finish school - oh we think that will be cool!
Catherine Pulsifer, We Can't Wait
Poems About Waiting -
The “silent lessons” you give in your daily actions will have a much larger impact on your child’s life than when sitting down for important lectures.
Randall Hicks, Step Parenting
Actions Speak Louder Than Words -
A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.
Danish Proverb
Poems On Mother -
I never knew how much the place depended on each little face; how barren home could be and drear without its living beauties here.
Edgar A. Guest, The Living Beauties
Poems About Home -
A child is a butterfly in the wind, some can fly higher than others; but each one flies the best it can.
Author Unknown
Butterfly Poems -
"When you are a mother, you are never alone in your thoughts.
A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child."
Sophia Loren
Positive Thoughts - A child is sunshine and happy things
They show us it doesn't matter about things. Catherine Pulsifer, A Child Is
Poems about Children -
Little children, love each other, never give another pain;
If your brother speak in anger, answer not in wrath again. Unknown
Children Love One Another -
God bless you as you raise your child - when He saw your baby He looked down and smiled.
Catherine Pulsifer, Your New Baby
Welcome Baby -
"A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder,
hope, a dream of possibilities."
Eda J. Le Shan
Hope Quotes -
"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer,
bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten,
and the future worth living for."
Author Unknown
Happiness Quotes -
There is no other relationship like that of grandchildren and grandparents, it is a truly
unique relationship.
Kate Summers
Grandchildren Quotes -
Birthdays may come and go but our precious little one we love thee so!
Catherine Pulsifer, So Fast
Happy Birthday Baby Girl or Boy -
Your children cannot maximize their potential gifts and future happiness if they do not feel that their inner natures are worthwhile and valuable.
Carol Tuttle, The Child Whisperer
Poems about Life - Children have a fresh point of view, and if you choose to,
you can learn from them.
Judy Ford, Wonderful Ways to Love a Child
Learning Quotes -
How important it is, for our children to know, we feel blessed and love them, the extra mile we will always go.
Julie Hebert, Safe Keeping
Baby Blessing Poem -
Children learn how to treat others from how they are treated themselves.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, It Takes a Village
Motivational Quotes -
How we raise our children has a huge impact on how they turn out later in life.
Jasmine Miller, Parenting: Words They Will Remember
Positive Quotes - Don't you love the spontaneity and creativity of children?
James C. Dobson, Bringing Up Boys
Creativity Quotes -
...pray for God's little children - For all those children that need guidance
Byron Pulsifer, Prayer To Serve
Five Finger Prayer -
If you want to be a good dad, get to know your children and
be involved in their lives.
Bethany Bridges, How to Be a Good Dad
Positive Poems - A child will still love you even after you tell them no.
Jake Slope, How to Be a Good Father
Short Inspirational Quotes -
Ah! what would the world be to us if the children were no more?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Children -
During a family meeting prior to the holiday season, have your children list simple ways that they could perform random acts of kindness for a sibling.
Charlie Lee Austin, Frugal Seeds Christmas Edition
Children's Christmas Poems -
The constant challenges and struggles of parenting are not only meaningful but are in fact the most meaningful moments in which to teach
Philip Mamalakis, Parenting Toward the Kingdom
Challenges Quotes -
Children are so innocent, they truly need heroes, and being a friend to a child can make you a hero.
Catherine Pulsifer
Hero Wanted -
Trick or treat, oh, the children love the sweets.
Kate Summers
Halloween Quotes -
During early years, kids take a lot of cues from the adults in their lives,
including lessons about trust, honesty, problem-solving, making friends,
and developing relationships.
Michelle Stewart, The Happy Family
Be An Example Quotes -
True examples and honest deeds, we should to our children lay,
It will make a happy home, in some future day.
J.J. Thorne
A Happy Home -
Laughter when heard causes smiles inward and when children laugh it can double you in half.
Catherine Pulsifer, It Starts With A Smile
Smile Poems -
Success - To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success Poem -
I love when children laugh outright, and shout in their playful glee
John Imrie
Laughing Quotes -
You can teach your child to have respect for others by inviting them
to put themselves in other people's shoes.
Nicoline Ambe, Being Dad
Short Fathers Day Verses -
When any of us sees a new baby we all are in awe, such a tiny little person who grows and grows
Catherine Pulsifer
Where Did You Come From -
Children are a bridge to heaven.
Persian Proverb
Proverbs -
"The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes
of his time each day."
Orlando A. Battista
Time Quotes -
Only a dad but he gives his all to smooth the way for his children small
Edgar A. Guest
Only A Dad -
To be fully well rounded, to be fully developed, and to really have the
life that we hope for our children,
I believe we need our children to grow in all four
of these areas: smart, successful, nice, and happy.
Pat Quinn, How to Parent a Genius
Success Quotes -
"My love for my child is unbelievable, I never knew I could love so much."
Julie Hebert, My Love For My Child
Experience Quotes -
We know how fast you will grow. . .But as the years do pass - Our love for you will always last!
Catherine Pulsifer, Our Baby
The Baby -
Better to teach a child than toil to fill perfection's round.
George Macdonald
Poems -
In payment for our babies small, but every one is worth it all.
Edgar A. Guest, What A Baby Costs
How Much Does A Baby Cost -
Grasshoppers are always a joy for a child to see. Many children love to try and catch them.
Catherine Pulsifer
Grasshopper Poem
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