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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all read more
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to read more
A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to the things which you think are important. The fate of humanity is in his or her hand.
What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten read more
What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, read more
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.
Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad read more
Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreign language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch.
While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about.
While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about.