Quotes about Children

The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.

This glorious Person came down from heaven to be 'the Light of the world,' that by him the beauty of the Deity might shine forth, in the brightest and fullest manner, to the children of men.

If we spend our lives in the pursuit of a temporal happiness; as riches or sensual pleasures; credit and esteem from men; delight in our children, and the prospect of seeing them well brought up, and well settled, &c.--All these things will be of little significancy to us. Death will blow up all our hopes, and will put an end to these enjoyments.

The apostle John wrote, "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" (1 John 3:1 NIV). The word for "lavished" in the original language is in the perfect tense indicating that God's love is permanently fixed upon His children.

Strong resolution: We are going to save every little child, every unborn child, give them a chance to be born. We are fighting abortion with adoption.

Paula Bonhoeffer's faith was most evident in the values that she and her husband taught their children. Exhibiting selflessness, expressing generosity, and helping others were central to the family culture.

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

An essential part of teaching children to be disciplined and responsible is to have them learn to work.

All children are rebellious. They are all self-centered and think the world revolves around them. That is why they need parents to raise them. Almost every child will, at times, bring reproach on his family, but he is still a part of the family.

when I read Romans 8:14. It says, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." In Greek, the sentence structure is reversed so that it reads, "For as many as by the Spirit are being led, they are the sons of God." This version puts the Holy Spirit at the first of the verse, and we are placed behind Him — just as children stay behind the leader as they play "Follow the Leader"!

There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child — and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own.

Once you become the mommy or daddy in your child's world, it is the only world in which you exist, no matter how much you fancy there is a separate world of your own.