85 Inspirational Quotes About Raising Children (LOVE)

Top 10 Most Famous Quotes About Children (BEST)

“Children grow up hearing how broken the environment is, how broken beyond repair. Plant strawberries together, make wild medicines, paint the sunrise. Show them proof that for every act of destruction, they can sow a seed, however small, of beauty.”
Nicolette Sowder

To raise a nature-bonded child is to raise a rebel, a dreamer, an innovator… someone who will walk their own verdant, winding path. - Nicolette Sowder — To raise a nature-bonded child is to raise a rebel, a **dreamer**, an **innovator**… someone who will walk their own verdant, winding path. – Nicolette Sowder

Your children need your presence more than your presents. - Jesse Jackson — Your children need your presence more than your presents. – **Jesse Jackson**

Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted. - Vladimir Lenin — Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted. – **Vladimir Lenin**

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. - Angela Schwindt — While we try to teach our children all about **life**, our children teach us what life is all about. – Angela Schwindt

“It’s time to return to childhood, to simplicity, to running and climbing and laughing in the sunshine, to experiencing happiness instead of being trained for a lifetime of happiness. It’s time to let children be children again.”
L.R. Knost

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. - Denis Waitley — The greatest **gifts** you can give your children are the roots of **responsibility** and the wings of **independence**. – **Denis Waitley**

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. - Mr. Rogers — Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious **learning**. But for children, play is serious learning. – **Mr. Rogers**

Encourage your child to have muddy, grassy or sandy feet by the end of each day, that’s the childhood they deserve. - Penny Whitehouse — **Encourage** your child to have muddy, grassy or sandy feet by the end of each day, that’s the childhood they deserve. – Penny Whitehouse

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. - Nelson Mandela — History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. – **Nelson Mandela**

14 Inspirational Quotes About Raising Children

“The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.”
Pablo Casals

Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute presents for presence. - Anthony Witham — Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute presents for presence. – Anthony Witham

The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving. - Polly Berrien Berends — The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving. – Polly Berrien Berends

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. - Francois Rabelais — A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. – **Francois Rabelais**

Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded. - Jess Lair — Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded. – Jess Lair

Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history. — Ray Merritt

Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children. - Princess Diana — **Hugs** can do great amounts of good, especially for children. – **Princess Diana**

A person's a person, no matter how small. — Dr. Seuss — A person’s a person, no matter how small. — **Dr. Seuss**

The soul is healed by being with children. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children. — Oliver Wendell Holmes — Pretty much all the honest **truth** telling there is in the world is done by children. — Oliver Wendell Holmes

The first happiness of a child is to know that he is loved. - Don Bosco — The first **happiness** of a child is to know that he is loved. – Don Bosco

Children see magic because they look for it. - Christopher Moore — Children see magic because they look for it. – Christopher Moore

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world. - Malala Yousafzai — Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can **change** the world. – **Malala Yousafzai**

Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibility He will place in your hands. - Lisa Wingate — Your children are the greatest **gift** God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest **responsibility** He will place in your hands. – Lisa Wingate

16 Wise Quotes on How to Raise Children (WISDOM)

“Our job is not to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. Our job is to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.”
L.R. Knost

Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity. - Kay Redfield Jamison — Children need the **freedom** and **time** to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity. – Kay Redfield Jamison

The best education does not happen at a desk, but rather engaged in everyday living – hands on, exploring, in active relationship with life. - Vince Gowman — The best **education** does not happen at a desk, but rather engaged in everyday living – hands on, exploring, in active **relationship** with life. – Vince Gowman

It is vital that when educating our children’s brains we do not neglect to educate their hearts by nurturing their compassionate nature. - Dalai Lama — It is vital that when educating our children’s brains we do not neglect to educate their hearts by nurturing their **compassionate** nature. – **Dalai Lama**

Teach your children they’re unique. That way, they won’t feel pressured to be like everybody else. - Cindy Cashman — Teach your children they’re unique. That way, they won’t feel pressured to be like everybody else. – Cindy Cashman

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. — Lady Bird Johnson — Children are likely to live up to what you **believe** of them. — Lady Bird Johnson

Every child needs a parent, grandparent or friend who will say let’s go it’s time for an adventure. - Penny Whitehouse — Every child needs a **parent**, grandparent or friend who will say let’s go it’s **time** for an **adventure**. – Penny Whitehouse

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you. - Richard Dawkins — Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you. – Richard Dawkins

Teaching is not about answering questions but about raising questions – opening doors for them in places they could not imagine. - Yawar Baig — Teaching is not about answering questions but about raising questions – opening doors for them in places they could not imagine. – Yawar Baig

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. - Harry S. Truman — I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. – Harry S. Truman

Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good. - Pam Brown — Always **smile** back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good. – Pam Brown

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money. - Abigail Van Buren — If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much **time** with them and half as much **money**. – Abigail Van Buren

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. - Orlando Aloysius Battista — The best inheritance a **parent** can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. – Orlando Aloysius Battista

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. - Albert Einstein — If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. – **Albert Einstein**

Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. - Kate DiCamillo — Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a **duty**. It should be offered as a **gift**. – Kate DiCamillo

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. – **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**

12 Quotes on Raising Children in Nature

“Playing together in nature is as much about us as it is about the child. Children get to celebrate and be themselves, while we are reminded of our inner child – the essence of who we are.”
Nicolette Sowder

We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to hear the sun rise and night fall – to care. - John Cleal — We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to hear the sun rise and night fall – to care. – John Cleal

Nature is a tool to get children to experience not just the wider world, but themselves. - Stephen Moss — Nature is a tool to get children to experience not just the wider world, but themselves. – Stephen Moss

Anything you teach in an indoor classroom can be taught outdoors, often in ways that are more enjoyable for children. - Cathy James — Anything you teach in an indoor classroom can be taught outdoors, often in ways that are more enjoyable for children. – Cathy James

“When children play in natural spaces, they’re far more likely to invent their own games than in more structured settings – a key factor in becoming self-directed and inventive adults later in life”
Richard Louv

Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives. - Thomas Berry — Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives. – Thomas Berry

The Mud will wash off but the memories will last a lifetime. — The Mud will wash off but the **memories** will last a lifetime.

It’s a wondrous thing how the wild calms a child. — It’s a wondrous thing how the wild **calms** a child.

“Don’t wait until your child’s school understands how important green time is for their growing minds. Today, leave the homework untouched, in favour of outdoor play and real-world learning.”
Penny Whitehouse

Teach children to be kind to everything that lives.

When little people are scared of something in nature, it’s our job to hold their hand and show them its beauty and purpose. - Penny Whitehouse — When little people are scared of something in nature, it’s our job to hold their hand and show them its beauty and **purpose**. – Penny Whitehouse

What do parents owe their young that is more important than a warm and trusting connection to the Earth…? - Theodore Roszak — What do parents owe their young that is more important than a warm and trusting connection to the Earth…? – Theodore Roszak

6 Quotes About Children Imitating Parents

Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.

Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows. - Maralee McKee — Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows. – Maralee McKee

Children learn more from what you are, than what you teach. - W.E.B. Du Bois — Children learn more from what you are, than what you teach. – W.E.B. Du Bois

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. - Robert Fulghum — Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. – Robert Fulghum

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. - James Baldwin — Children have never been very good at **listening** to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – **James Baldwin**

Children need models rather than critics. — Joseph Joubert

11 Quotes About Raising Children that Will Make You Think

“If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, ‘the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.’”
David Sobel