“Oh! if you could only hear Intemperance with drunkards' bones drumming on the top of the wine cask the Dead March of immortal souls, you would go home and kneel down and pray God that rather than your children should ever become the victims of this evil habit, you might carry them out to Greenwood and put them down in the last slumber, waiting for the flowers of spring to come over the grave-sweet prophecies of the resurrection. God hath a balm for such a Wound, but what flower of comfort ever grew on the blasted heath of a drunkard's sepulcher?” IfsShouldChildrenSoulHomeMightLastsEvilWaitingSweetFlowerGrewPrayingHabitComfortSpringOur ChildrenDown AndVictimWineBonesWoundsGravesYour ChildrenImmortalMarchResurrectionProphecyDrunkennessPraying To GodSlumberDrunkardsDrummingImmortal SoulIntemperance Author:Thomas De Witt Talmage
“Custom, law bent my first years to the religion of the happy Muslims. I see it too clearly: the care taken of our childhood forms our feelings, our habits, our belief. By the Ganges I would have been a slave of the false gods, a Christian in Paris, a Muslim here.” YearsFirstsHas BeensFeelingsCareChristianFormLawBeliefTakenAtheismChildhoodHabitOur ChildrenSlavePositive AtheismParisCustomsBentFalse Gods Author:Voltaire
“Children copy their parents, friends, and teachers. They will develop the habits of the people around them. So if you want your child to be honest, peaceful and happy you should be that way first.” PeopleIfsWayWantShouldFirstsChildrenParentTeacherHonestHabitOur ChildrenPeacefulBeing HonestYour ChildrenCopies Author:Baba Hari Dass
“Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.” KnowsFirstsChildrenTwoBookCountryKidsReadingParentStepsTeacherHabitEncouragementOur ChildrenAccessTwo ThingsLibrarianHoping For The BestHope For The Future Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community.” WellsChildrenHomeSchoolCommunityHabitEatingCommitmentOur ChildrenAccessWell BeingDependentPromotingEating HabitsGood Eating Author:Rod Blagojevich