The 130 best phrases about children

Children are the greatest gift that life can give us and with them we really learn what true love is.. The love between a child and her parents is infinite, since a child is born to her parents, she becomes the most perfect being that has ever existed.

Having children is a wonderful thing and it also represents one of the biggest personal challenges we face. we can face, because the questions that may arise about their education may be endless.

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Phrases about children and paternal and maternal love

Would you like to know how thinkers and celebrities have faced this crucial moment in their lives? Below you can discover the 90 best phrases about children, which as parents can be of great help to us.

1. Every day of our lives we make deposits in our children's memory banks. (Charles R. Swindoll)

The moments we live with our children will always be remembered.

2. The mother's heart is the child's classroom. (Henry Ward Beecher)

A mother's love for her son is lifelong and she will always accompany her son at all times.

3. A mother's arms are tender and children sleep soundly in them. (Victor Hugo)

Since we are born our mother always gives us a great dose of confidence and security.

4. No love is as great as the one a father has for his son. (Dan Brown)

For a father, his son is his greatest concern and his greatest joy.

5. Every son quotes his father in his words and deeds. (Terri Guillemets)

The man or woman we become has much of the teachings of our parents.

6. The most important mark that I am going to leave in this world is my son. (Sarah Shahi)

Our children are the legacy we leave on Earth, material goods are lost but they will be the ones who will keep our memory when we are gone.

7. When I get home, my daughter runs to the door and gives me a big hug, and everything that happened that day just fades away. (Hugh Jackman)

When we have children we always want to spend as much time as possible with them, every minute is a gift by their side.

8. One of the greatest gifts I have received is my daughter. (Ace Frehley)

Having children is always positive, they add up with their presence in our lives.

9. Nothing says more about the soul of a society than the way it treats its children. (Nelson Mandela)

Childcare is something that all societies have defended, since they are the most vulnerable representation that men adopt.

10. While we try to teach our children everything about life, our children teach us what life is all about. (Angela Schwindt)

We must live life to the fullest, just like children do.

11. I have a dream, that my four young children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Racial discrimination is a clear symptom of the ignorance of its defenders.

12. Being a parent teaches you the meaning of unconditional love. (Nicholas Sparks)

The greatest love we can have will always be for our children.

13. Children are educated by what the adult is and not by his talk. (Carl Jung)

Our children learn from everything we do, our actions and words.

14. Motherhood has taught me the meaning of living in the moment and being at peace. Children do not think about yesterday or tomorrow. They only exist at this moment. (Jessalyn Gilsig)

When we are children we have a greater capacity to live in the moment, unfortunately we are losing this capacity over the years.

15. Instruct the child in the way he should walk, and even when he is old he will not turn from it. (King Solomon)

Childhood is the moment of greatest learning in the human being, it is the stage in which we learn what is right and what is wrong.

16. The soul is healed by being with children. (Fedor Dostoevsky)

The joy of children can be contagious, we are all happy about their happiness and innocence.

17. If you bring children into the world, love them with your heart and soul. (Alice Walker)

We must give our children all the love we can, they will thank us.

18. One of the best reasons to have children is that they remind you of the joy of a day when it snows. (Susan Orleans)

The little things in life are the most beautiful and having children helps us to relive them.

19. Time becomes more valuable when you have children. (Mary of Denmark)

Having children also helps us put our feet on the ground and be more pragmatic.

20. A good friend of my son is a son to me. (Lois McMaster Bujold)

Our children's friends will be like children to us, as they will spend a lot of time in our company.

21. What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and many times I found that the son has revealed the father's secret. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Life takes many turns and our children can also teach us many things.

22. I suffer every moment of every day that I am not with my son. All I want is to meet him again. (Craig Kelly)

Being separated from our children is something very painful and one of the worst feelings anyone can experience.

23. It's much worse to read criticism about your child than about yourself. (George H.W. Bush)

When other people talk about our child in a derogatory way, all parents feel seriously hurt.

24. If my days start with a hug from my son, they are so much more glorious than they were before. (Russell Crowe)

When we enjoy the love of our little ones we are much happier.

25. My son is a blessing in every way. (Elizabeth Emken)

We should be thankful for the gift that our children are in our lives.

26. If my son comes to me and says, 'I'm gay,' I would say, 'Son, I love you. (Kirk Cameron)

Our support for our descendants must be unwavering, we are their greatest inspiration.

27. It breaks our hearts when our son doesn't love us. (Evel Knievel)

When we discuss with our children the emotional pain we feel can be enormous, we must certainly reconcile.

28. Make it a rule not to give your child a book you wouldn't read yourself. (George Bernard Shaw)

We should not foster in our children anything that does not seem valuable to us.

29. Children begin by loving their parents; when they get older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. (Oscar Wilde)

A son's relationship with her parents can deteriorate over time, but they always have to support each other.

30. Don't hurt your children's lives by making it easier for them. (Robert A. heinlein)

Teaching them the harshness of life is something that parents must do with our children, because if we don't do it when they are alone they will not know how to fend for themselves.

31. In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for parents who have lost a child. (Jodi Picoult)

Losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to any parent, without a doubt it is a very complicated situation.

32. Your children need you to put all of yourself so that you love them as they are, not so that you spend all your time correcting them. (Bill Ayers)

Knowing how to educate our children can be somewhat complicated and we must put our greatest willpower

33. When the children are one year old, it's like being with a mini drunk. You have to hold them, they bump into things, they laugh, they cry, they pee, they throw up. (Johnny Depp)

A great phrase from Johnny Depp where he shows us once again his great sense of humor.

34. Having kids is like a frat house: no one sleeps, everything is broken, and there's a lot of vomit. (Ray Romano)

The arrival of children in our home is something that undoubtedly changes it profoundly.

35. We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open. (Harry Edwards)

Inspiring our children to choose their own life goals is the job of every parent.

36. Our daughters grow up with the same possibilities as our sons. (Betty Friedan)

Both boys and girls must grow up in a fair and egalitarian world, which unfortunately does not exist today.

37. Your children make it possible for you to forget about the past. They are the best fruits… sometimes they are the only fruit. (Anna Quindlen)

Children are the greatest work of art that we as parents leave on earth, our legacy as individuals.

38. There is nothing that moves the soul of a father as much as seeing his son crying. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

When we see our son go through a difficult time, every parent is heartbroken.

39. By loving our children for more than their abilities, we show them that they are much more to us than the sum of their accomplishments. (Eileen Kennedy-Moore)

They are much more than what they achieve, they are to a great extent a part of who we are.

40. The first teacher of a child is her mother. (Peng Liyuan)

In the first years of life, children learn the basics from their parents.

41. There are two ways to travel: first class and with children. (Robert Benchley)

When we have children our way of traveling changes a lot, from places to transportation.

42. What feeling is better than having your child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten nestled in the shelter of your brooch. (Marjorie Holmes)

It is the little things that we will remember the most from our children's childhood.

43. Apparently, our children are more like us than we think: damaged from head to toe. (Jodi Picoult)

The negative aspects of us our children will also adopt, because they learn from us.

44. Do not limit a son to your knowledge, since he was born in another era. (Rabindranath Tagore)

We must give children the best education we can create as a society.

45. A son's role is to live her own life, not to live the life his anxious father thinks he should live. (A. S. Neill)

We must let our little ones live life in their own way and not impose our way of life on them.

46. Children should be the role models for us parents, since they are clothed in the spirit from which they came: clean, innocent, brimming with the delight of life. (Gerry Spence)

From our children we can learn to live in the moment and believe that we can always start from scratch.

47. When I held my baby in my arms, I understood why people keep having them. (Spalding Gray)

When we can finally hold our little baby in our arms, it is one of the best moments that every parent can experience.

48. When you teach your children about respect, teach them how much they are worth as people. (Raising kids with good manners)

We must teach children to respect and to be respected, education is something fundamental in them.

49. Children are a gift. They are not for us to break, they are for us to create. (Dan Pierce)

Our descendants are an opportunity that we have to leave someone better than us on earth when we are gone.

50. Don't try to make your children grow up to be like you, because they might. (Russell Baker)

Our little ones are capable of being better than us, but it depends on the values ​​that we transmit to them as adults that they achieve it.

51. It is a mistake to confuse our children with angels. (Douglas Coupland)

Children can be just as we want them to be, it's up to us to be good people.

52. Mothers and their children are in a category of their own. There is no such strong bond in the entire world. There is no love so instant and forgiving. (Gail Tsukiyama)

The maternal-filial bond is one of the strongest bonds in nature and can be unbreakable.

53. Babies don't come with an instruction book. We all learn the same way, you'll have to read up on dinosaurs and google backhoe loaders and skydivers. (Jodi Picoult)

Being parents is quite an adventure, which over time we will learn to live naturally.

54. Raise your children to love and accept others. Tell them they are beautiful because they can grow up to be stars one day. And "beautiful" will mean more coming from you than from a magazine. (Kaiden Blake)

We are the greatest source of inspiration they will ever receive, we must live up to it.

55. Children, like the rest of the people, deserve total respect. (Gerry Spence)

The respect that adults must have for children must be total, they are defenseless beings who deserve to be protected.

56. Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they are already asleep. (Jackson Brown)

Affection is something that can never be missing in the relationship between a father and a son.

57. One thing I learned from watching chimpanzees with their babies is that having children looks like a lot of fun. (Jane Goodall)

Motherhood can be a very beautiful time and one that we will certainly always remember.

58. Parents do not know their children at all. Actually, nobody knows them. (Jenny Downham)

Between people there are always certain things that we don't know about each other, we all deserve to have our privacy.

59. Children represent the future, motivate them, support them and guide them. (Catherine Pulsifer)

Supporting the next generations is something that as a society we must do, with this we will achieve that humanity advances towards a better future.

60. I wonder if other mothers feel a pull inside of them, seeing their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted to be. (Jodi Picoult)

The pride that we can feel as parents can be enormous, especially when we see that the values ​​that we transmit to the next generation strengthen them.

61. Teaching our children how to eat and how to live in a responsible community is at the heart of education. (Alice Waters)

What children learn always comes from their parents, we are someone essential to them.

62. Being a parent is not just about having a child. It is about giving testimony of his life. (Jodi Picoult)

Our work as parents will last us a lifetime, we must always be there in case one day they need us.

63. The way we speak to our children becomes their inner voice. (Peggy O'mara)

As parents we cause a great impact in the lives of our little ones, we must be very aware of it.

64. A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man. (Mario Puzo)

He who is not there for his son when he needs him, he should not consider himself a father.

65. I think when you become a father you go from being the star of the movie of your life to being the supporting character in someone else's movie. (Craig Ferguson)

When we are our parents, our role in life becomes a little less relevant, because for us the main role is played by our children.

66. Before I got married I had six theories about how to raise my children; Now, I have six children and no theories. (John Wilmot)

The reality of parenthood can be very different from how we imagined it, but it can also be a wonderful experience.

67. It is not our job to toughen our children up against a cold and cruel world. We must raise them to make the world less cruel and cold. (L.R. Knost)

The next generations will have the duty to make this world a better, kinder and more tolerant place.

68. Cleaning the house while your kids are still growing is like cleaning the sidewalk when it hasn't stopped snowing. (Phyllis Diller)

With children at home, cleanliness and order tend to be conspicuous by their absence, it is useless to fight against the inevitable.

69. We spend the first few years of our children's lives teaching them to talk and walk and the rest of their lives to shut up and sit down. There is something wrong with that. (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

The education they receive is one of the fundamental aspects to take into account in the childhood of every child, transmitting good values ​​and customs is our responsibility.

70. The only love I believe in is the love a mother feels for her children. (Karl Lagerfeld)

A mother's love is the greatest love that a person can feel, the most important in our lives.

71. Adults never understand anything on their own and it is tiring for children to always have to explain things to them. (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

We can extract a lot of wisdom from how children live life, as adults we forget how to enjoy the little things.

72. Children should be taught how to think and not what to think. (Margaret Mead)

We must teach our little one the basic notions by which his life will be guided.

73. No matter what, if my son is gay, I treat him like a king. (Tracy Morgan)

Regardless of his or her sexuality, his or her happiness will always be the most important thing to us.

74. I would like to be as good a man as my son is. (Mario Cuomo)

Children are a great source of inspiration for every parent.

75. I will love my son to the end. (Magic Johnson)

The great Magic Johnson shows us his unconditional love for his son in this beautiful sentence.

76. I have found a love that I never thought I would find through my son. It's a strange feeling knowing that nothing can come between us. (Colin Farrel)

In this quote Colin Farrell, actor of great movies like Alexander the Great, tells us about the love he instantly felt for his son.

77. Every man is the son of his own works. (Miguel de Cervantes)

We must take care of our words, because they define to a large extent who we are.

78. I would like my son to remember me as a good father. (Slim Whitman)

The title of being a good father is something that not all of us manage to achieve, our ways of acting can affect our child in an unwanted way.

79. My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son. (Farrah Fawcett)

The support that as parents we can provide to children is something vital in their development.

80. When you teach your child, you teach your child's child. (The Talmud)

In the past, the way to preserve a custom or technique was through its transmission from parents to children.

81. My proudest moment was when I gave birth to my son. (Christina Aguilera)

The moment of giving birth is perhaps the most decisive moment in his life for a mother.

82. All of our children have so much potential. All of our children deserve a chance in life. (Joe Baka)

We must give our full support and enthusiasm to the next generations coming into the world.

83. If you want your children to be smart, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be much smarter, read them more fairy tales. (Albert Einstein)

Who better than Albert Einstein to give us advice, listening to him would be the best.

84. Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all affections, as there is room in the sky for all the stars. (Victor Hugo)

We all go through many stages in life and being a parent is a wonderful stage.

85. Nothing is more precious than life... especially the life of a child. (Peter Diamandis)

Seeing life being born, growing and developing is something wonderful, being parents we can do it.

86. My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next biggest blessing has been my ability to make people my children. (Maya Angelou)

Love in society is something that should be manifested much more, to grow as a society we should be more empathetic with our peers.

87. Let's work together to see what in life we ​​can do for our children. (Sitting bull)

The future resides in children and protecting them is the mission of any society.

88. If you asked me to define motherhood, I would have defined it as love in its purest form. unconditional love. (Revathi Sankaran)

This quote expresses very well the love that every mother feels for her child, something that we all share at that moment in life.

89. Children learn to smile from their parents. (Shinichi Suzuki)

Babies act with the same attitude that their parents adopt towards a threat, something that is undoubtedly a very curious fact.

90. If there must be problems, let it be in my day, my son can have peace. (Thomas Paine)

That the day to day of their children is perfect, is the wish of all parents.

91. To whom God did not give children, the devil gave nephews (Spanish proverb)

A humorous saying that tells us about the figure of the nephew.

92. Loving the mother of her children is the best thing a father can do for her children (Theodore Hesburgh)

A mother's love for her children is one of the strongest feelings there can be.

93. Do not spare your children the difficulties of life, rather teach them to overcome them (Louis Pasteur)

Good advice that all parents in the world should follow in the education of their children.

94. When the parents have built everything, the children only have to tear it down (Karl Kraus)

A beautiful metaphor about motherhood and the sacrifice of parents with their children.

96. A child is a question we ask destiny (Jose María Pemán)

The Spanish writer and journalist José María Pemán offered us this beautiful phrase about motherhood.

97. Maternal love is always great, but it touches the sublime when mixed with admiration for the beloved son (Angel Ganivet)

Maternal love is a feeling that is above everything and that resists everything.

98. A son is a creditor given by nature (Stendhal)

An ironic phrase pronounced by the famous French writer Stendhal.

99. Those who do not have children ignore many pleasures, but they also avoid many pains (Honoré de Balzac)

Parenthood is one of the biggest sacrifices a person can make, and it brings with it both good and bad times.

100. Having a child is not having a bouquet of roses (Federico García Lorca)

A beautiful reflection on motherhood by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca.

101. A house without children is a hive without bees (Victor Hugo)

The French playwright Victor Hugo regaled us with beautiful phrases about motherhood throughout his career.

102. Children, when they are little, fool their parents; when they are older, they drive them mad (English Proverb)

An acid reflection on the effect that children can have on their parents.

103. The first half of our life is spoiled by our parents; the second, our children (Clarence S. Darrow)

A famous and ironic phrase about motherhood and the problems that children bring to their parents.

104. Love is when the happiness of your children is more important than your own (Jackson Brown, Jr.)

A beautiful image that faithfully portrays the miracle of motherhood.

105. A father does not have enemies like the naughty children (Lope de Vega)

In the work of the Spanish poet Lope de Vega we can find phrases that are still very valid.

106. Only two lasting legacies we can leave our children: one, roots; other, wings (Hodding Carter)

One of the most beautiful phrases that exist about motherhood and that we can dedicate to our children.

107. There has never been a child so adorable that the mother did not want to put it to sleep (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

A very accurate phrase about the care that a mother should have towards her children.

108. Children are the keys to paradise (Eric Hoffer)

A phrase both beautiful and poetic awarded to the writer and philosopher Eric Hoffer.

109. It is a happy misfortune not to have children (Euripides)

This tragic poet from ancient Greece offered the public of his time a great variety of phrases about motherhood and fatherhood.

110. When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant that he couldn't stand him. But when I was twenty-one, it seemed incredible to me how much my father had learned in seven years (Mark Twain)

An ironic phrase attributed to the American literary genius Mark Twain.

111. There is only one beautiful child in the world and every mother has him (Josep Pla)

A touching phrase about the love of mothers towards their children pronounced by the writer Josep Pla.

112. At a certain point in life you want a child. Perhaps, to die a little less when he dies (Françoise Sagan)

A phrase that will undoubtedly remain engraved in the memory of many parents.

113. The best legacy from a father to his children is a little of his time every day (Leon Battista Alberti)

Dedicating part of your own time towards our children will give them the happiness and harmony they need.

114. Save the tears of your children so that they can water your grave with them (Pythagoras)

A gloomy phrase about paternity awarded to the Greek mathematician Pythagoras.

115. These are bad times. Children have stopped obeying their parents and everyone writes books (Cicero)

Many of the phrases of the Roman politician and philosopher Cicero are still very valid today.

116. Parents have to do a lot to compensate for having children (Friedrich Nietzsche)

One of the many provocative phrases of the German thinker Friedrich Nietzsche.

117. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world (Peter de Vries)

A very poetic phrase that tells us about the power of fatherhood and motherhood over children.

118. I'm glad I never fought in a war. I'm glad I didn't take a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or killed someone. I hope my sons enjoy the same lack of manliness (Tom Hanks)

A very accurate reflection on the education of children from the hand of the Hollywood star Tom Hanks.

119. Prudent father he who knows his son (William Shakespeare)

The English playwright William Shakespeare knew how to portray the English society of his time like nobody else.

120. A house will be strong and indestructible when it is supported by these four columns: brave father, prudent mother, obedient son, obliging brother (Confucius)

The Chinese philosopher Confucius reflected at length on the daily life of his society and on parenthood.

121. Children are the anchors that bind mothers to life (Sophocles)

One of the most beautiful phrases that we can dedicate to a son or a mother.

122. The true mother is never free (Honoré de Balzac)

A very accurate reflection on the troubles of motherhood.

123. It is beautiful that parents become friends with their children, dispelling all fear, but inspiring great respect (José Ingenieros)

One of the main keys to good parenting is love, understanding and trust.

124. Since children educate their parents, Oedipus complexes are over (Mario Benedetti)

A humorous phrase pronounced by the Uruguayan poet Mario Benedetti.

125. The future of a son is always the work of his mother (Napoleon I)

A very realistic portrait of the power that mothers' education has on their children.

126. What you have inherited from your parents, earn it back hard or it will not be yours (Goethe)

A powerful phrase about fatherhood that encourages us to reflect on the inheritance received by parents.

127. Parents are the bones with which children sharpen their teeth (Peter Alexander Ustinov)

A beautiful and enlightening phrase about parenthood and the legacy of parents.

128. Having children does not make one a father, in the same way that having a yaws does not make one a pianist (Michael Levine)

a very true phrase that tells us about how to act as a father and not be only nominally.

129. There is no word or brush that comes to manifest father's love (Matthew German)

The love of parents towards their children is something that cannot be explained by any means.

130. The father must be the friend, the confidant, not the tyrant of his children (Vincenzo Gioberti)

A phrase that all parents in the world should take into account.