Child Quotes

Well,

you don't get to do things that other children get to do,

having friends and slumber parties and buddies.

There were none of that for me.

I didn't have friends when I was little.

My brothers were my friends.

Everyone who knows me will know the truth,

which is that my children come first in my life

and that I would never harm any child.

Because I think every child star suffers through this period

because you're not the cute and charming child that you were.

You start to grow,

and they want to keep you little forever.

And I remember going to the record studio

and there was a park across the street

and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because

it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.

I never went to school more than six months in my life,

but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections,

I remember how,

when a mere child,

I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me

in a way I could not understand.

Let us sacrifice our today

so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

You’re never too old to be childish.

From a child,

I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music,

painting, flowers, and the sciences,

Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children

and grandchildren is not money or other

material things accumulated in one’s life,

but rather a legacy of character and faith.

Let us sacrifice our today

so that our children can

have a better tomorrow

Children must be taught how to think,

not what to think.

Racism is still with us.

But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet,

and,

hopefully,

we shall overcome.

I had a very, very interesting childhood,

but, oh my, education was the primary focus in our family.

It's when children are 15,

16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor,

an engineer,

a politician or go to the Mars or moon.

That is the time they start having a dream,

and that's the time you can work on them.

You can help them shape their dreams.

Let us sacrifice

our today so that

our children can have

a better tomorrow.

As a child of God,

I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913.

I was allowed to read.

My mother, who was a teacher,

taught me when I was a very young child.

The first school I attended was a small building

that went from first to sixth grade.

There was one teacher for all of the students.

There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

Creativity is the key to success in the future,

and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity

in children at that level.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

All my life through

the new sights of Nature

made me rejoice

like a child.