Quotes about Child
it is God himself, the Lord and Creator of all things, who is so small here, who is hidden here in the corner, who enters into the plainness of the world, who meets us in the helplessness and defenselessness of a child, and wants to be with us.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The authority of this poor child will grow (Isa. 9:7). It will encompass all the earth, and knowingly or unknowingly, all human generations until the end of the ages will have to serve it.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We cannot approach the manger of the Christ child in the same way we approach the cradle of another child. Rather, when we go to his manger, something happens, and we cannot leave it again unless we have been judged or redeemed. Here we must either collapse or know the mercy of God directed toward us.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Are you afraid of God's wrath? Then go to the child in the manger and receive there the peace of God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
To see the law by Christ fulfilled and hear his pardoning voice, changes a slave into a child and duty into choice.
— Jerry Bridges
If God loved me enough to give His Son to die for me when I was His enemy, surely He loves me enough to care for me now that I am His child.
— Jerry Bridges
face." I sat spellbound. Here it was — the image of grace I had been seeking: an aspiring father bringing unconditional acceptance to a child who had absolutely nothing to offer, no accolades or accomplishments, just herself in all of her vulnerability and scars and weaknesses. My eyes moistened. This is the love of a dad. Maybe — just maybe — this is the love of a Father.
— Lee Strobel
Society as a whole must defend the conceived child's right to life and the true good of the woman who can never, in any circumstances, find fulfilment in the decision to abort.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out; but it catches fire again every time a child is born. Life is greater than death, and hope than despair.
— George Bernard Shaw
And, they tell us, we at home Live free from danger, they go out to battle: fools! I'd rather stand three times in the front line than bear One child.
— Euripides
In bed that night with the lights out and the cool room swimming with moonlight, Anthony lay awake and played with every minute of the day like a child playing in turn with each one of a pile of long-wanted Christmas toys.
— F Scott Fitzgerald