Children
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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.
We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn't always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be.
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights'. When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be loved.
Once I showed up at my sister's with a baby rabbit I had bought from some children because its ears were cold. I put the rabbit on a hot water bottle and massaged its ears for quite a while. After all, I knew that all healthy animals had warm ears.
Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.
I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years'.
Those who do not cherish affection for their parents, spouses and children and for their homes, villages and workplaces cannot love their country and fellow people; they can never become genuine patriots.
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