Quotes with child

Quotes 41 till 60 of 442.

  • Abdul Kalam A person with belief never grovels before anyone, whining and whimpering that it's all too much, that he lacks support, that he is being treated unfairly. Instead, such a person tackes problems head on and then affirms, 'As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
    Wings of Fire
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Lydia M. Child A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
    Lydia M. Child
    American Abolitionist, Writer, Editor (1802 - 1880)
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  • Abdoulaye Wade A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.
    Abdoulaye Wade
    Senegalese politician (1926 - )
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  • William E. Vaughan A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.
    William E. Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Jane Harrison A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.
    Jane Harrison
    British classical scholar and linguist
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  • Karl Kraus Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Barry Commoner After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
    Barry Commoner
    American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician (1917 - 2012)
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  • Marie Curie All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
    Marie Curie
    French physicist, radioactivity pioneer, 2x Nobel Prize winner (1867 - 1934)
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  • Anna Quindlen All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Bill Cosby Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Maria Montessori An educational method that shall have liberty as its basis must intervene to help the child to a conquest of liberty. That is to say, his training must be such as shall help him to diminish as much as possible the social bonds which limit his activity.
    Maria Montessori
    Italian educationalist (1870 - 1952)
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  • Fran Lebowitz Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.
    Metropolitan life
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • W. H. Auden Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he'll escape.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Alberto Giacometti Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want something, but I won't know what it is until I succeed in doing it.
    Alberto Giacometti
    Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker (1901 - 1966)
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  • Ban Ki-moon As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Buddy Hackett As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
    Buddy Hackett
    American actor and comedian (1924 - 2003)
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  • Buddy Hackett As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave it.
    Buddy Hackett
    American actor and comedian (1924 - 2003)
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  • Augusten Burroughs As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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