CHILDREN

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They came through you, but not from you, and
Though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. …….. Khalil Gibran

Children make your life important. …….. Erma Bombeck

Of all nature's gifts to the human race,
what is sweeter to a man than his children? ……. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let us sacrifice our today so that
our children can have a better tomorrow. ……… Abdul Kalam

We cannot fashion our children after our desires,
we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.
……Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches,
but the spirit of reverence. ……. Plato

If we call ourselves Children of God,
Then all others are also Children of God. ….. Sri Chinmoy

We are all Adam's children.
It's just the skin that makes all the difference. ..…Navjot Singh Sidhu

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor,
for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity
and ruthlessness of their vision. …….. Aldous Huxley

Grown men can learn from very little children,
for the hearts of little children are pure.
Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things
which older people miss. …… Black Elk

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child.
Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
……Pope John Paul II
My favorite child is:
The baby until he grows up;
The one who is sick, until he gets better;
The one who is away, until he comes home;
The one who is worried, until he stops worrying;
And then all my children, for as long as I live. …..Arabic Proverb
(as related by the late Fudha Moses)
Children learn what they live;
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive.If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident.If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative.If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.If a child lives with recognition, he learns it is good to have a goal.If a child lives with honesty, he learns what truth is.If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith in himself and those about him.If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world."
……Dorothy L. Nolte
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth,
What other joy is welcomed like a newborn child? ……..Dorothy L. Nolte

Children are educated by what the grown-up is;
and not by his talk. ….Carl Jung

Children are completely egoistic;
they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them. ….Sigmund Freud