Quotes and Sayings about Children

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Children can be such a joy to be with. I have always been fond of children, and watching them grow, evolve and learn is one of the best way to spend my spare time, and unwind.

Some people think children are evil, well, some kids are incorrigible, and they are still cute in their devilish ways.

Here is a small compilation of my favorite Children quotes.
Do comment on them or add your own children quotes.

“Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.” ~Carl Jung

“If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.”~ George Bernard Shaw
Listen to what George Bernard shaw said you Adults! :)

This one is quite funny, ” We’ve had bad luck with our kids - they’ve all grown up.” ~Christopher Morley
Don’t you wish that kids remain kids always and be a bundle of joy that they are.

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” ~ James Baldwin
So we must not teach them by telling but by setting examples. It is your actions that they will learn from and not what you speak. Who wants to listen to advice anyway?

“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.” ~Carl Sandburg

Isn’t it so true. We should not love children only when they deserve it. We should love then all the time. “Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.” ~Harold Hulbert

“Children make you want to start life over.” ~Muhammad Ali
Oh yes. Couldn’t have stated it better. We see children and we don’t want to grow up ever. A life so pure and innocent of all the thing that the world have become.. Of animals and plants, and dreams and super heroes.. and demons at night and calling out for mom.

“What is a home without children? Quiet. ” ~Henny Youngman
Oh yes, it is children that makes up a home, loud and noisy and sweetly irritating..

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”~ Anne Frank
I hear I hear! Which is quite true.. Why else would two children born of the same parents be different, and there are many. But we always blame the parents, though we go short in giving credit.

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