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“Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we’re always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they’ll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own.”

Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, andLead

“If you and your child were going to be killed tomorrow, would you not give him to eat today?”

Ifs Giving Children Today Tomorrow Our Children Your Children

Book:Survival In Auschwitz

Source: Survival In Auschwitz

“Learn how to grow out of yourself and into the world of others: Plant a shade tree under which you know you will never sit. Set some goals that may benefit your children or an orphanage or the employees of your company or future generations or your own city, fifty years from now.”

Knows World Years May Children Grows Goal Cities Company Generations Tree Benefits Our Children Plant Your Children Fifty Employee Shade Future Generation Orphanage

Author:Denis Waitley

“It is often easier for our children to obtain a gun than it is to find a good school.”

Children School Easier Gun Our Children Libertarian Second Amendment Good School

Author:Joycelyn Elders

“I am convinced that the greatest legacy we can leave our children are happy memories: those precious moments so much like pebbles on the beach that are plucked from the white sand and placed in tiny boxes that lay undisturbed on tall shelves until one day they spill out and time repeats itself, with joy and sweet sadness, in the child now an adult.”

Source: The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?”

Knows Children Speak Our Children Educate

Book:Letters to mothers

Source: Letters to mothers

“I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children.”

Firsts Children Young Four Wife Our Children

Author:Merle Haggard

“We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children. Your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven't had a very collective notion of these are our children. So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.”

“In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.”

Should Believe Children Made Choices I Believe Difficult Higher Resources Should Have Our Children Investing Priorities Budgets Classroom Limited Resources Difficult Choices

Author:Bob Riley

“The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.”

Should Firsts Children School Pay Millions Focus Our Children Raises Spending Budgets Opponents Employee Classroom Propose

Author:Bob Riley

“To those who live by the land there must always come times of hardship, of fear and of hunger, even as there are years of plenty. This is one of the truths of our existence as those who live by the land know: that sometimes we eat and sometimes we starve. We live by our labours fromone harvest to the next, there is no certain telling whether we shall be able to feed ourselves and our children, and if bad times are prolonged we know we must see the weak surrender their lives and this fact, too, is within our experience. In our lives there is no margin for misfortune.”

Ifs Knows Years Children Sometimes Facts Able Certain Next Existence Our Lives Land Weak Our Children Hunger Surrender Plenty Labour Live By Hardship Misfortunes Harvest Margins Bad Times

Author:Kamala Markandaya

“Fourth, come home from work and take an active role with your family. Don't put work, friends, or sports ahead of listening to, playing with, and teaching your children.”

Children Home Sports Roles Teaching Listening Our Children Active Our Family Your Children Coming Home Fourth

Author:M. Russell Ballard

“People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.”

People Ifs Children Hate Love You New York Our Children China Your Children Hate You Love Your Children

Author:Li Na

“If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burden not your children or your country with them.”

Ifs Children Country Hands Clear Love You Our Children Slave Burden Your Children Love Your Children

Author:Richard V. Allen

“Over the past five years, I've met several presidents, several secretaries of education ... and there is no plan. If you want to save your children, you're going to have to do it yourself. It's just us.”

Ifs Want Years Children Past President Five Plans Mets Our Children Your Children Five Years Secretary Over The Past Do It Yourself

Author:Geoffrey Canada

“The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.”

Life Inspirational Firsts Children Parent Half Our Lives Our Children Parenting Ruined Being A Mom Being A Parent Funny Parenting

Author:Clarence Darrow

“American children are the heaviest worldwide, and they are getting heavier at a faster rate than other children around the globe. This spread of obesity foreshadows an explosion in degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer waiting to erupt in our children's future. Together we can stop this tragedy from ever happening.”

Source: Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right

“The law of chastity is not a negative proposition, but a positive one because in its observance there are spiritual values that far outweigh the physical dangers that we often emphasize. I believe the chances are that our children will respond to the positive attitude quicker and more thoroughly than they do to the negative. Let's show them the values that there are in that law.”

“Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's too hard? We seem to feel that they are capable of making arguments and coming to their own conclusions about Napoleon. Why not about triangles?”

Thinking Want Feels Children Hard Seems Capable Argument Our Children Mathematics Math Conclusion Why Not Don't Trust Triangles

Author:Paul Lockhart

“If we do not act to curb climate change immediately, we will leave our children and grandchildren an unrecognizable planetIt is the poor, those least responsible for climate change and least able to afford adaptation, who would suffer the most.”

Ifs Children Able Suffering Poor Responsible Our Children Climate Climate Change Grandchildren Adaptation Curb Children And Grandchildren

Author:Jim Yong Kim

“In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.”

People Children Doe Enough Three Goal Millions Issues Four Risk Awareness Our Children Hungry Tragic Quarters Arkansas

Author:Blanche Lincoln

“We Poor Cousins don’t care at all though, except for when we’re on welfare, broke, starving, unable to buy cool high-tops for our children or pay for their university tuition or purchase massive fourth homes on private islands with helicopter landing pads. But whatever, we descendants of the Girl Line may not have wealth and proper windows in our drafty homes but at least we have rage and we will build empires with that, gentlemen.”

“And finally, to all Canadians: Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one – a country of greater equality, justice, and opportunity. We can build a prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures for our children. We can do our part to save the world's environment. We can restore our good name in the world.”

“Buy a $100 US bond and frame it to teach your children about inflation by watching the US bond value diminish to almost nothing over the next 20 years.”

Years Children Values Next Teach Our Children Your Children Diminish Inflation

Author:Marc Faber

“We cannot afford the luxury of self pity. Our top priority now is to get on with the building process. My personal peace has come through helping boys and girls reach beyond the ordinary and strive for the extraordinary. We must teach our children to weather the hurricanes of life, pick up the pieces, and rebuild. We must impress upon our children that even when troubles rise to seven-point- one on life's Richter scale, they must be anchored so deeply that, though they sway, they will not topple”

Source: Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America

“If we pass on an unsustainable environment to our children we have failed them.”

Ifs Children Environment Our Children

Author:Lewis Gordon

“I disagree with Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia. This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope. Don't let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children.”

Giving Children Stills Hate Names Our Children Giants Village Disagree Muhammad Homophobia Anti Semitism Harlem Midget

Author:Al Sharpton

“We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice.”

Should Trying Children Today Poverty Economic Our Children Injustice Rebellion Introducing Ugliness Militarism Economic Injustice

Author:Freeman Dyson

“The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.”

Children Decision Existence Responsibility Our Children Ethical Taking Responsibility Permaculture

Author:Bill Mollison

“We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let's teach our children to be thinkers.”

Thinking Inspirational Children Culture Teach Taught Reflection Our Children Thinker Raising Children Teaching Children Futurist

Author:Jacque Fresco

“If you want your children to relate to the culture you live in, if you want to train them outside of the general system, you have to tell your children that ordinary children tend to say things like 'I can run faster than you; I can draw better than you; I know things you don't know'. You have to tell them what normal children are like. Normal children are messed up and you have to tell them about that. But if you instruct your child in high correlation with the physical world, they won't be able to relate with normal children. Normal means mixed up as I use the word.”

Ifs Knows World Want Mean Children I Can Use Running Able Culture Normal Draws Ordinary Our Children Train Relate Faster Your Children Better Than You Messed Up Correlation

Author:Jacque Fresco

“The more intelligent our children, the better our lives and the richer our culture will be.”

Children Culture Our Lives Intelligent Our Children

Author:Jacque Fresco

“You have to tell your children about the world they live in, about the discrepancies, about the things that don't work… So you have to bring it up with a scientific orientation so they learn to ask questions, and learn how to say the most difficult thing in the world: 'I don't know'.”

Knows World Children Asks Difficult Our Children Your Children Difficult Things Orientation Discrepancies

Author:Jacque Fresco

“The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.”

Children Brain Creative Our Children Your Children Joyful Flexible Cooperatives

Author:Bill Crawford

“Love is the real power. It's the energy that cherishes. The more you work with that energy, the more you will see how people respond naturally to it, and the more you will want to use it. It brings out your creativity, and helps everyone around you flower. Your children, the people you work with--everyone blooms.”

People Want Children Real Helping Use Energy Love Is Creativity Flower Our Children Your Children Cherish Real Power

Author:Marion Woodman

“A large animal needs a large area. If you protect that area, you're also protecting thousands of other plants and animals. You're saving all these species that future generations will want - you're saving the world for your children and your children's children. . . . The destruction of species is final. If you lose a species, you lose the genes, you lose all the potential drugs and potential foods that could be useful to the next generations. The ecosystems will not function as they have.”

“If your child is more important than your vision of your child, life becomes easier.”

Ifs Children Important Vision Easier Our Children Your Children

Author:Sandra Dodd

“Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our childrens lives.”

Important Next Parent Mistake Teacher Influence Our Children

Author:Kenny Guinn

“My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others.”

Want Should Firsts Believe Children Care Effort Achieve Achievement Our Children Educational Academic Adequate Contention Academic Achievement

Author:Nel Noddings

“Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your friends, which you may not have been back when you were clever.”

May Children Persons Has Beens Our Children Down And Raises Burden Be Good Clever Settling Your Children Good Person Back When Cleverness Settling Down Being A Good Person

Author:Garrison Keillor

“When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you and your children will rule Russia for centuries to come; if I am killed by one of your stock, you and your family will be killed by the Russian people! Pray Tsar of Russia. Pray.”

People Ifs Men Children Has Beens Three Common Century Praying Our Children Russia Our Family Your Children Bells Three Times Tolls Common Man Rasputin

Author:Grigori Rasputin

“It's not easy being a green conservative, but if we conservatives want to be true to our principles we have to move in that direction. It is morally right. It is religiously correct. It is economically prudent. It strengthens national defense. And it makes a better world for our children, and our children's children.”

Ifs World Want Children Moving Easy Principles Our Children Green Conservative Defense Being True Prudent National Defense

Author:Rod Dreher

“I am convinced that we as adults must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets, laughter, the taste of a good meal, the warmth of a hickory fire shared by real friends, the joy of discovery and accomplishment, the constant surprises of life.”

Children Real Joy Fire Taste Laughter Discovery Adults Our Children Constant Surprise Convinced Celebrate Accomplishment Meals Sunset Warmth Real Friends Good Meals

Book:Moments: The Foxfire Experience

Source: Moments: The Foxfire Experience

“Organic is something we can all partake of and benefit from. When we demand organic, we are demanding poison-free food. We are demanding clean air. We are demanding pure, fresh water. We are demanding soil that is free to do its job and seeds that are free of toxins. We are demanding that our children be protected from harm. We all need to bite the bullet and do what needs to be done—buy organic whenever we can, insist on organic, fight for organic and work to make it the norm. We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated.”

Source: Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe

“It doesn't matter how your child comes to you. I've never felt such joy and such love. It's the most beautiful delicious little thing.”

Children Littles Matter Beautiful Joy Felt Our Children Your Children Little Things Delicious

Author:Didi

“Your body must be disciplined like a child, calmly but forcefully. You are, in fact, reeducating your body and as the various areas are convinced that you are serious, they will begin to obey. Your body is your child.”

Children Facts Body Serious Areas Our Children Various Convinced Your Body Your Children

Author:Richard Hittleman

“Sara Scherr and Jeff McNeely have given us a thoughtful, sensible book about a topic of great importance to the world. There is no food security, no poverty reduction, no environmental sustainability without transforming our agricultural practices. The book ?presents well documented cases of best practices from all over the world. It should be required reading for all concerned with agriculture, the environment, food security or just the future of our children.”

“I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.”

Children Hard Differences Religious Compassion Teach Focus Wife Honesty Hard Work Benefits Our Children Catholic Charity Raised My Wife Chosen Heritage Similarity Respect Each Other

Author:Steven Levitan

“To those of you who study history, economics, sociology, literature and language I present the challenge of the utilization of the enormous resources in our grasp to the problem of creating a genuinely good life for yourselves and your children.”

Children Problem Literature Language Challenges Study Creating Resources Economics Our Children Enormous Your Children Good Life Sociology Sociological Utilization

Author:Polykarp Kusch

“When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision.”

Children Vision Sick Our Children Your Children Tunnels Tunnel Vision

Author:Nick Cassavetes

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