By Maxime Lagacé
Maxime is the founder and chief editor of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm, powerful, and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.
Here are 100 of the best children quotes I could find. And the goal is simple: to inspire you and melt your heart with beautiful words about children. You’ll discover quotes by Einstein, Dr. Seuss, Dalai Lama, Walt Disney, and more. Enjoy!
Never have more children than you have car windows. Erma Bombeck
A person’s a person, no matter how small. Dr. Seuss
Children are one third of our population and all of our future. Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981
History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. Nelson Mandela
The final stage of wisdom is becoming a kid again. Maxime Lagacé
Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Franklin P. Jones
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Kahlil Gibran
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead
Children learn more from what you are, than what you teach. W.E.B. Du Bois
A child is an uncut diamond. Austin O’Malley
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. Albert Einstein
Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A. Heinlein
Children need models rather than critics. Joseph Joubert
Tell me what’s more important than being present for children and listening to them. I’ll wait. Maxime Lagacé
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The Best Children Quotes
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. Denis Waitley
Either have children or become a saint, because eventually, you have to find something you love more than you love yourself. Naval Ravikant
Children make you want to start life over. Muhammad Ali
What is a home without children? Quiet. Henny Youngman
Children are mirrors, they reflect back to us all we say and do. Pam Leo
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money. Abigail Van Buren
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Plato
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep. H. Jackson Brown Jr
Our most important task as a nation is to make sure all our young people can achieve their dreams. Barack Obama
Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think. Anne Frank
To every child – I dream of a world where you can laugh, dance, sing, learn, live in peace and be happy. Malala Yousafzai
We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. Stacia Tauscher
Seven things every child needs to hear: I love you, I’m proud of you, I’m sorry, I forgive you, I’m listening. This is your responsibility. You have what it takes to succeed. Sherrie Campbell, PhD
A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to. Robert Brault
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. Chinese proverb
The first happiness of a child is to know that he is loved. Don Bosco
Teach your children they’re unique. That way, they won’t feel pressured to be like everybody else. Cindy Cashman
A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. Unknown
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James Baldwin
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings. Hodding Carter
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. Rabindranath Tagore
A child can teach an adult three things… To be happy for no reason. To always be busy with something. And to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires. Paulo Coelho
Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good. Pam Brown
Kids bring meaning back into your life. Naval Ravikant (Source)
Part 2. Children Quotes That ARE…
The Most Famous Children Quotes
It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare
All little girls should be told they are pretty. Marilyn Monroe
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglas
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child. Pablo Picasso
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Pablo Picasso
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. Francois Rabelais
The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Short Children Quotes
Adults follow paths. Children explore. Neil Gaiman
Children make your life important. Erma Bombeck
Children are our most valuable resource. Herbert Hoover
It takes a village to raise a child. African proverb
Children are the keys of paradise. Eric Hoffer
Every child is born curious until the system beats it out of him. Dan Go (Source)
One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. Malala Yousafzai
A child miseducated is a child lost. John F. Kennedy
Children will listen to you after they feel listened to. Jane Nelsen
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom. Henry Ward Beecher
Children re-invent your world for you. Susan Sarandon
Remember kids are living life, not simply preparing for it. Chrisman Franck (Source)
An honest man is always a child. Socrates
Children are the anchors that hold the mother to life. Sophocles
Wealth and children are the adornment of life. Quran
Kids spell love T-I-M-E. John Crudele
All men know their children mean more than life. Euripides
Noble fathers have noble children. Euripides
Funny Quotes About Children
Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee. David Frost
Adults are just outdated children. Dr. Seuss
When kids hit 1 year old, it’s like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit. Johnny Depp
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. Aristotle
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going. P. J. O’Rourke
The most effective form of birth control I know is spending the day with my kids. Jill Bensley
A child is a curly dimpled lunatic. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first half of our lives is spoiled by our parents, and the last half by our children. Jennifer James
I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them. Phyllis Diller
There are three things that a child can teach an adult: To be happy for no reason; to be always busy doing something; And to know how to demand – with all one’s might – what one wants. Paulo Coelho
Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. Phyllis Diller
I’ve been to war. I’ve raised twins. If I had a choice, I’d rather go to war. George W. Bush
Children are a great comfort to us in our old age, and they help us reach it faster too.
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. Phyllis Diller
The amazing thing about kids is that they just don’t give a fuck. Scott Melker (Source)
Don’t try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it. Russell Baker
Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterward. St. Francis Xavier
A characteristic of the normal child is he doesn’t act that way very often. Unknown
Inspirational Quotes About Children
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. John F. Kennedy
Your children are here to take you away from your own self. Naval Ravikant
I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams! David Vitter
If a man leaves little children behind him, it is as if he did not die. Moroccan Proverb
If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much. Marian Wright Edelman
If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children. Mahatma Gandhi
There is a brilliant child locked inside every student. Marva Collins
You know who’s going to build that better world? It’s the youth. Children will do things that are now considered impossible. Kacey McCallister
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. Anne Sullivan
The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different – to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses. John Fischer
If you make children happy now, you make make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it. Unknown
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him. Pablo Casals
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver
Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows. Maralee McKee
Conclusion
Your children need your presence more than your presents. Jesse Jackson (Related: This 75-Year Harvard Study Found the 1 Secret to Leading a Fulfilling Life, inc.com)
Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history. Ray Merritt
The visions we offer our children shape the future. Carl Sagan
For these are all our children. We will all profit by, or pay for, whatever they become. James Baldwin
Cherish your children… for they are the footprints you will leave behind. Taylor Evan Fulks
Further Readings
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- https://www.children.org/ (Sponsor a Child in Need)
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Do you have children? What’s your favorite children quote? And remember: words can transform your life, if you find the right ones.
Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Quotes
Part 2
Children Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Part 3
Conclusion