Children
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Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities.
I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens.
Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Our teachers are responsible for our children's welfare for the six or eight hours they are at school and we need to know without question that their safety will be paramount on the minds of teachers, faculty and volunteers.
Parents have the ability to screen their children's Internet access at home.
Voting is how we participate in a civic society — be it for president, be it for a municipal election. It's the way we teach our children — in school elections — how to be citizens, and the importance of their voice.
Nobody just leaves medical school, especially given it's fiercely competitive to get in. But I had a sister who was a doctor, another who was a pharmacist, a brother who was an engineer. So my parents already had sensible children who would be able to make an actual living, and I think they felt comfortable sacrificing their one strange child.
Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
I have a dream that my four little 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.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
My children teach me to slow down and enjoy life.
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.