“Faith is the framework for living. It gives us the spirit and heart that affects everything we do. If gives us hope each day. Faith gives us purpose to right wrongs, to preserve our families, and to teach our children values. Faith gives us conscience to keep us honest, even when nobody is looking. And, faith can change lives; I know first hand, because faith changed mine.” IfsKnowsGivingFirstsHeartChildrenHandsSpiritPurposeValuesTeachHonestChangedMinesConscienceOur ChildrenPreservesPresidentialOur FamilyLife ChangingEach DayFramework Author:George W. Bush
“Our journey is not complete until all our children... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm.” KnowsChildrenJourneySafeOur ChildrenHarmPro Life Author:Barack Obama
“I say, when your hair turns gray and your children think they know who you are, do the thing that shakes up who you think you are, even who you had prided yourself on being. When all those around you say they simply don't recognize you any longer, that's the real compliment.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenRealTurnsHairOur ChildrenWho You AreYour ChildrenShakesConformityGrayComplimentNon Conformity Author:Jane Smiley
“Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.” KnowsWorldLifeChildrenInspirationOur ChildrenFootsteps Author:Paulo Coelho
“We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective, and learns more and does more good. And so try listening. Listen to your wife, your husband, your father, your mother, your children, your friends; to those who love you and those who don't, to those who bore you, to your enemies. It will work a small miracle. And perhaps a great one.” KnowsShouldTryingChildrenDoeMotherFatherTalkingEnemyRolesWifeLove YouListeningHusbandMiracleOur ChildrenBelovedYour ChildrenBoresListenersGiftedImaginativeNot TalkingGreat OnesYour HusbandMagneticTalkersBores YouSmall Miracles Author:Brenda Ueland
“How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.” IfsKnowsChildrenOur ChildrenExcuseYour ChildrenDo You KnowAbdomenStethoscopeObstetricians Author:Fran Lebowitz
“Let’s teach our children from a very young age about the story of the universe and its incredible richness and beauty. It is already so much more glorious and awesome - and even comforting - than anything offered by any scripture or God concept I know.” KnowsChildrenGodStoriesAgeYoungUniverseBeautyTeachConceptsOur ChildrenIncrediblesAstronomyScriptureGloriousComfortingYoung AgeRichnessTeaching ChildrenSmart Women Author:Carolyn Porco
“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.” KnowsWorldYearsMayChildrenGrowsGoalCitiesCompanyGenerationsTreeBenefitsOur ChildrenPlantYour ChildrenFiftyEmployeeShadeFuture GenerationOrphanage Author:Denis Waitley
“We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?” KnowsChildrenSpeakOur ChildrenEducate Book:Letters to mothers Source: Letters to mothers
“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.” IfsKnowsYearsChildrenSometimesFactsAbleCertainNextExistenceOur LivesLandWeakOur ChildrenHungerSurrenderPlentyLabourLive ByHardshipMisfortunesHarvestMarginsBad Times Author:Kamala Markandaya
“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.” IfsKnowsWorldWantMeanChildrenI CanUseRunningAbleCultureNormalDrawsOrdinaryOur ChildrenTrainRelateFasterYour ChildrenBetter Than YouMessed UpCorrelation 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'.” KnowsWorldChildrenAsksDifficultOur ChildrenYour ChildrenDifficult ThingsOrientationDiscrepancies Author:Jacque Fresco
“The world will teach our children if we do not, and children are capable of learning all the world will teach them at a very young age. What we want them to know five years from now needs to be part of our conversation with them today. Teach them in every circumstance; let every dilemma, every consequence, every trial that they may face provide an opportunity to teach them how to hold on to gospel truths.” IfsKnowsWorldWantNeedsYearsMayChildrenAgeTodayFacesYoungOpportunityTeachFiveCircumstancesConversationCapableConsequenceOur ChildrenTrialsFive YearsYoung AgeDilemma Author:Rosemary M. Wixom
“Be there for your children. Sit on the bed and enjoy the late-night talks—try to stay awake! Pray for the Lord to inspire you. Forgive often. Choose your battles. Testify frequently of Jesus Christ and His goodness and of the Restoration. And most of all, let them know of your trust in the Lord.” KnowsTryingChildrenNightJesusEnjoyChristLordInspirePrayingBattleBedGoodnessLateJesus ChristOur ChildrenForgivingYour ChildrenAwakeRestorationLate NightTrust In The Lord Author:Bonnie D. Parkin
“You know it's a sad day when your child looks at you and asks 'Daddy, are these organic?'” KnowsLooksChildrenHumorFunnyAsksOur ChildrenYour ChildrenDaddySad Day Author:Dylan Moran