Quotes about Upbringing

The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.

The vast majority of children are not trained in the way they should go, for when they reach adulthood, they do not walk with God.

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Instilling values of faith at an early age is important.

It's clear to me that if we raise children with no moral compass, we are planting the seeds of our own destruction.

If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.

How much more beautiful would be the world and the society in which we live if...every mother regarded her children as the jewels of her life, as gifts from the God of heaven, who is their Eternal Father, and brought them up in true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.

You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Boy, be for ever grateful to all friends, but especially unto them which brought you up by hand

My child, if I have any object in life, it is to provide for your being a good, a sensible, and a happy man. I am bent upon it.