<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Children / youth - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is healed by being with children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is healed by being with children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6034]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. More youth quotes coming soon. If you have a quote, proverb or saying about youth that you would like to be posted on this page please use the 'Submit a Quote' form below. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6035]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's never too late to have a happy childhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. [Proverbs 22:15].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6039]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6040]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6041]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The child is father of the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child is father of the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6014]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, or vacuum cleaner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children have more need of models than of critics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children have more need of models than of critics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6016]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6017]]></link><description><![CDATA[The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6018]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our children's children will hear a good story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our children's children will hear a good story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are our most valuable natural resource. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are our most valuable natural resource.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6021]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6022]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. -Pearl S. Buck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6026]]></link><description><![CDATA[They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a wise father that knows his own child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a wise father that knows his own child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6030]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6008]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! what would the world be to us  If the children were no more? We should dread the desert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! what would the world be to us  If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us  Worse than the dark before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only moral lesson which is suited for a child, the most important lesson for every time of life, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only moral lesson which is suited for a child, the most important lesson for every time of life, is this: "Never hurt anybody.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5987]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5988]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a wise child that knows his own father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5993]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a wise child that knows his own father.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5994]]></link><description><![CDATA[things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5995]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5996]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity.... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sinner like a young saint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5997]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sinner like a young saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5999]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5999</guid></item></channel></rss>