Childhood
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Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up.
Childhood is a short season.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.
My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.
Most of the time, a kid doesn't think about what he's doing or why. This is the privilege of childhood.
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.