“Dreams are selfish, in the sense that they always concern issues and events that were weighing on your mind at the time you had the dream. Dreams will warn you about concerns in your career, in your family life, in your relationship with your spouse, and give insight into problems with your children.” GivingMindChildrenProblemDreamCareersIssuesEventsConcernOur ChildrenInsightSelfishOur FamilyYour ChildrenOur RelationshipSpouseFamily LifeWeighing Author:Charles McPhee
“Dreams are more personal. We tend to only dream about issues that impact us directly: our careers, our marriage, our children, our family and friends.” ChildrenDreamCareersIssuesOur ChildrenImpactOur FamilyFamily And Friends Author:Charles McPhee
“When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on.” WantChildrenNamesBornMomDadMembersOur ChildrenAddMy DadMy MomYour ChildrenFamily MembersClose Family Author:Dikembe Mutombo
“The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.” ChildrenPersonsAdviceOur ChildrenParentingTreasureYour ChildrenVirtuousModestyGreatest Treasure Author:Theognis of Megara
“Your child, your friend your neighbor, somebody looks up and says "You know what? I am going to move my life towards that type of goodness, doing that type of goodness, being that type of goodness and kindness. I think that is how someone becomes a hero.” ThinkingKnowsLooksChildrenMovingKindnessTypeHeroGoodnessOur ChildrenNeighborYour ChildrenLook UpGoodness And Kindness Author:John Assaraf
“The number one thing in my opinion parents can do is be the way you would like your child to be. Don't tell them one thing and do something different. Be congruent with what you would like them to be by showing them how to be that way.” WayChildrenDifferentParentCan DoNumbersOpinionOne ThingLike YouOur ChildrenYour Children Author:John Assaraf
“If you can show your child what its like to be charming and giving, show your child what love is really all about and show your child unconditional love, show your child caring and compassion and understanding the nonjudgmental and that is what your child will become.” IfsGivingChildrenShowsUnderstandingLove IsCompassionOur ChildrenCaringYour ChildrenUnconditional LoveCharmingUnconditionalCaring And Compassion Author:John Assaraf
“And, for example, like, when you're having the conversation with your child about getting their driver's license. Well, a white family - their biggest fear is just that you're driving safely and that they're minding the rules of the road, whereas a black family - their biggest fear is that their child is going to get pulled over and treated unfairly for a reason that they won't understand.” WellsChildrenReasonBlackWhiteExampleConversationOur ChildrenDrivingTreatedYour ChildrenDriversLicenseBiggest FearBlack FamilyTreated Unfairly Author:Regina King
“How many times did we hear [Barack] Obama say, 'You didn't build that. You didn't build that - no, you need government.' We even saw Hillary Clinton say - remember her phrase - 'It takes a village to raise a child.' In other words, your children are not your children - they belong to the community.” NeedsChildrenGovernmentRememberCommunitySawsOur ChildrenRaisesClintonBarackYour ChildrenPhrasesVillageIt Takes A VillageIt Takes A Village To Raise A ChildVillage To Raise A Child Author:Rafael Cruz
“The Islamists had control over territory that was about half the size of the Federal Republic of Germany. For years, we have been putting the lives of our troops on the line, we have taken huge losses and the Europeans cut the budget? If money is more important than the lives of our children, what else is this than the usual arrogance and superficiality? And where is all this terror coming from? It is a result of mistakes the West committed in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1980s, when they armed the Islamic rebels against the Soviet troops.” IfsYearsChildrenHas BeensImportantLinesLossResultsMistakeHalfTakenCuttingHugeOur ChildrenWestSizeTerrorCommittedBudgetsArroganceGermanyIslamicRepublicTerritoryRebelAfghanistanUsualSovietTroopsPakistanOur TroopsSuperficialityIslamists Author:Yoweri Museveni
“Love for me is my North Star. It's the highest form of grace. And I love that there's different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it's love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.” WayChildrenDifferentFormStarsParentLevelsGraceHighestOur ChildrenStrangerPartnersYour ChildrenDifferent WaysRepresentationSiblingDifferent LevelsNorth Star Author:Ben Harper
“The rage building up, generation after generation, among what has become a permanent underclass in many parts of the world cannot continue. We are desperately undereducating our children. In the United States, we are turning prison-building into the single largest urban industry. These are like toxic chemical factors any one of which could cause a raging fire. God help us if they begin to interact.” IfsWorldChildrenStatesHelpingCausesUnitedUnited StatesFireGenerationsBuildingIndustryOur ChildrenPrisonRageFactorsPermanentChemicalsToxicUrbanGod HelpBuilding UpGod Help UsToxic Chemicals Author:Marianne Williamson
“As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.” KnowsChildrenResponsibilityCompassionPrinciplesKindnessDisciplineIntegrityOur ChildrenExcellenceMotherhood Author:Marianne Williamson
“The way I see it, we teach our children through modeling.” WayChildrenTeachOur ChildrenModeling Author:Marianne Williamson
“Until you have a child, it's very tempting to look at the state of the world and say, "To hell with it, in 50 years I won't be around anyway." But if you have a child you don't say that, because even if you're not around in 50 years, your children presumably will be, and maybe even their children. You think of yourself as responsible to future generations in a whole different way.” IfsThinkingWorldWayYearsLooksChildrenDifferentStatesWholeHellGenerationsResponsibleOur ChildrenYour ChildrenDifferent WaysFuture GenerationThink Of YouTempting Author:Marianne Williamson
“A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.” IfsShouldChildrenDifferentRaceFocusToolsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRacistBigotryChipsNurturingBargainingDifferent RacesAnti RacistDeploying Author:Mallory Ortberg
“Protecting the environment is really important to everyone's welfare - that of our children, as well as that of the future generations.” WellsChildrenImportantEnvironmentGenerationsOur ChildrenWelfareFuture Generation Author:Yaya Toure
“Our faith is what inspires us to reach out and volunteer to help others. As a child my parents taught me the biblical charge, "To whom much is given, much is expected," and faith guides me that way. And I believe, especially in this day and age, it's vital that we provide our children with a foundation from which to build their lives - one that gives them a sense of purpose.” WayGivingBelieveChildrenHelpingAgePurposeGivenI BelieveParentInspireTaughtOur ChildrenFoundationGuidesExpectedHelping OthersThis DayReach OutBiblicalVolunteerGuide Me Author:Gretchen Carlson
“I want our children's children to be free to walk safely down the street, girls to attend school, and women to work. I hope we continue to have freedom to wear what we want, worship how we want, study what we want, publish what we want while assuming personal responsibility for one's moral character.” WantChildrenCharacterSchoolGirlWalksResponsibilityMoralStudyStreetsWorshipOur ChildrenAssumingPublishPersonal ResponsibilityMoral Character Author:Julie Carmen
“I want to clarify that one doesn't need to be a scientist or have fancy college degrees to know the truth about the health of our children, our communities, and the planet. Community members generally know far more about the health of their own communities than visiting "experts," yet that knowledge is often discredited because of another story that we tell ourselves: "real" education happens [only] in the halls of universities.” KnowsWantNeedsChildrenRealStoriesHappensCommunityCollegePlanetsMembersDegreesScientistOur ChildrenUniversityExpertsFancyHallsVisitingOur CommunityCollege DegreeReal Education Author:Annie Leonard
“My husband and I have just really been on this journey to live cleaner and eat healthier and allow our children to see us doing that so that's the kind of lifestyle they'll want for themselves. Just a healthier, aware, conscious life. Now we buy organic, we go to the farmers markets. We really try to involve the kids in cutting up the vegetables, cleaning them, preparing the meals, just making it fun.” WantTryingKindChildrenKidsFunCuttingJourneyHusbandConsciousOur ChildrenLifestyleMealsMy HusbandFarmersVegetablesPreparingCleaningCleanersFarmers Markets Author:Ali Landry
“If confirmed, Judge [Samuel] Alito could serve on the court for generation or more. And the decisions he will make as justice will have a direct impact on the lives and liberties of our children, our grandchildren, and even our great-grandchildren.” IfsChildrenJusticeDecisionLibertyGenerationsJudgingDirectOur ChildrenImpactCourtGrandchildrenGreat Grandchildren Author:Edward Kennedy
“It should be a crime to abandon your child, and it's not. It would be wonderful if it could be criminalized.” IfsShouldChildrenWould BeWonderfulCrimeOur ChildrenYour ChildrenAbandon Author:Sinead O'Connor
“I think you got to put your intimate relationship first. If you can keep your woman first and still love your children, you are going to create the healthiest environment.” IfsThinkingFirstsChildrenStillsEnvironmentLove YouOur ChildrenYour ChildrenIntimateIntimate RelationshipsStill Love YouLove Your Children Author:Tony Robbins
“The civil-rights movement was completely impossible to achieve. But look at what ordinary people were able to do because they were willing to sacrifice their lives to stay with it. They didn't expect a political process to respond to them. They made the political process respond to them. To say "It's so bad I won't bother" is to give up on your children and give up on your future.” PeopleGivingLooksChildrenMadeAblePoliticalProcessRightsImpossibleSacrificeAchieveMovementWillingGiving UpOrdinaryOur ChildrenCivil RightsBotherYour ChildrenOur FutureOrdinary PeopleYour FutureCivil Rights Movement Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“It can be so terrifying to open yourself up to true love. That love can be with your mate, with your child, with yourself, because we are ultimately such vulnerable little creatures in this world.” WorldChildrenLittlesThis WorldCreaturesOur ChildrenVulnerableYour ChildrenMates Author:Lauren Bowles
“When you say No, you also become a role model of healthy boundaries for others (especially your children).” ChildrenRolesHealthyModelsOur ChildrenBoundariesYour ChildrenRole ModelsHealthy Boundaries Author:Doreen Virtue
“Now when you transfer into the conscious parenting paradigm, you have to release those pressures and those fears... you actually think into the very ordinary but profound moment to moment connection to your children and you do away with those extraneous attachments to achievement or beauty or wealth or success. And while those things have their place, they don't overwhelm or override the life of the parent and child. Your life is actually suddenly liberated.” ThinkingChildrenMomentsLife IsParentWealthAchievementOrdinaryConsciousConnectionsPressureOur ChildrenProfoundReleaseYour ChildrenAttachmentParadigmLiberatedTransfersChildren And Parents Author:Shefali Tsabary
“As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.” WayWantChildrenSongLike YouOur ChildrenYour ChildrenSongwritersAppreciated Author:Mike Love
“Whether you're playing a mom on-screen or you're in a car pool lane driving your child to school in the morning, there are similarities that are undeniable. And once you're a mother, there are certain things that are instinct. You just have a better understanding of what it means to be a mother.” MeanChildrenSchoolMotherCertainUnderstandingMorningCarMomOur ChildrenInstinctScreensDrivingYour ChildrenPoolLanesSimilarity Author:Nia Long
“If you love our country and love your children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscience. Vote for candidates up and down the ticket.” IfsKnowsChildrenCountrySpeakLove YouConscienceAnd LoveVoteOur ChildrenOur CountryYour ChildrenCandidatesTicketsUp And DownLove Your Children Author:Ted Cruz
“You must find something you want to live for that's bigger than yourself - a mission - whether it's your children, a business, a non-profit, whatever. That pulls you to achieve, which is far more sustainable than to push yourself to. You can only push yourself for so long.” WantChildrenLongAchieveBiggerOur ChildrenProfitMissionsYour ChildrenPush YourselfNon Profit Author:Tony Robbins
“You've got to teach your children to be respectful to the police and you've got to teach your children that the real danger to them is not the police, the real danger to them 99 out of 100 times, 9,900 out of 1,000 times are other black kids who are going to kill them.” ChildrenRealKidsBlackTeachDangerPoliceOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRespectfulBe Respectful Author:Rudy Giuliani
“We're going to get to the point where we ask how the hell we put up with high carbon for so many years. You thank your lucky stars, because you are seeing this transformation in your lifetime. You are going to tell your children and your grandchildren you saw this whole thing in front of your eyes.” YearsChildrenWholeEyeAsksStarsHellSawsSeeingFrontsLuckyTransformationOur ChildrenLifetimeYour ChildrenCarbonGrandchildrenLucky Star Author:Christiana Figueres
“We must have clean water and the health and the welfare of our children is at stake and is at risk.” ChildrenWaterRiskOur ChildrenCleanWelfareStakesClean Water Author:Erin Brockovich
“Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say it's like giving birth because I haven't given birth. It's more like when your children leave home.” GivingFirstsChildrenBookHomeGivenTalkingHavensBirthLetting GoOur ChildrenYour ChildrenPublishingGiving Birth Author:Alejandro Zambra
“When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, 'What will we tell our children in fifty years when they ask what we did when the people in Iraq were dying.'” PeopleYearsChildrenAsksDyingOur ChildrenIraqFiftyAuschwitz Author:Mairead Corrigan
“The only immortality we know of is our children, and in that unfinished story of the acts of lives, which, forever expanding, like waves from a pebble in the lake, have their immortality in the acts of future generations.” KnowsChildrenStoriesForeverGenerationsOur ChildrenWaveImmortalityLakesExpandingFuture GenerationUnfinishedPebbles Book:A new morality from science: beyondism Source: A new morality from science: beyondism
“Let us return back to the peace process for our children and for their children. The peace of the brave which I have signed is my debt, part in our love for [Isaac] Rabin.” ChildrenProcessReturnOur ChildrenBraveDebtOur LoveIsaacReturn Back Author:Yasser Arafat
“I like to tell young people - you know one in four children die by their own hands - no matter how bad things seem, just wait a day, wait a week. Life will turn around.” PeopleKnowsChildrenMatterHandsSeemsYoungDiesTurnsWaitingFourWeekOur ChildrenBad Things Author:Lurlene McDaniel
“I wanted Bow's hair and makeup and clothing to look like a woman who has four children, a career, and a full life. For example, she won't wear eyeshadow unless she's going out. Because it takes a lot of time to put eyeshadow on. She's a woman who has style, but it's all about functionality - she grabs stuff from her closet.” LooksChildrenWantedStuffCareersFourStyleExampleHairOur ChildrenMakeupClothingsBowsGoing OutClosetsFull LifeHair And MakeupFunctionalityEyeshadow Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.” IfsMayChildrenParentHavensStudentsOur ChildrenSavedYour ChildrenLoan Author:Michelle Singletary
“It is true that it feels very differently to enjoy a good meal, taking part in an interesting conversation, or to think of how successful your children are. Suppose we do all these things at a particular time. How happy are we at the time? We do not need to calculate the value of each such feelings on any singular scale to answer this question. We need not see our happiness at the time as a mathematical function of these items. It is rather that all these experiences, together with many other factors, causally puts us at the time at a certain level of happiness, i.e. in a certain mood.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsChildrenFeelingsTogetherCertainValuesEnjoyAnswersInterestingLevelsSuccessfulParticularConversationFunctionOur ChildrenMoodScalesFactorsMathematicalYour ChildrenMealsItemsGood MealsInteresting Conversation Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I feel different. You know this many times over, because you are a parent, but it transforms you. It's this incredible experience where, in one way, you are still very much yourself, and in some ways you become even more connected to the rest of yourself. All of a sudden, you just get more connected to your child self, and your teenage self, and all these selves that you've maybe been abandoning at every date post that you pass.” KnowsWayFeelsChildrenStillsDifferentSelfParentOur ChildrenIncrediblesConnectedOne WayPostsYour ChildrenTeenage Author:Regina Spektor
“Instead of just saying, "I love my baby and I pick him up because he's adorable and it's so nice to cuddle with him," we practice attachment parenting. We let our children play outside and have age-appropriate freedoms and are labeled free-range parents.” ChildrenPlayAgeParentPracticeNiceBabyPicksOur ChildrenRangeAppropriateAttachmentAdorableMy BabyJust SayingChildren PlayingAttachment ParentingI Love My BabyLove My Baby Author:Alison Gopnik
“I think that being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain, you feel their pain.” IfsThinkingFeelsChildrenPainMotherOur ChildrenYour ChildrenBeing A Mother Author:Molly Shannon
“Of course you want your son, your children, to be proud of you.” WantChildrenCoursesSonProudOur ChildrenYour ChildrenBe ProudYour SonProud Of You Author:Charlize Theron
“You have your children and it's hard to even hold it in - emotionally.” ChildrenHardOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Robert Davi
“I think it is very important for us to make clear to our children that our country really is great because we're good.” ThinkingChildrenImportantCountryClearOur ChildrenOur Country Author:Hillary Clinton
“I want us to heal America and bring it together because that's, I think, the best way for us to get the future that our children and our grandchildren deserve.” ThinkingWayWantChildrenTogetherAmericaDeserveOur ChildrenHealBest WayGrandchildrenWant U Author:Hillary Clinton