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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things read more
Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up
I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
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.
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."
Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.
Children have neither past nor future; and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.